CPT^® 42426, Under Excision Procedures on the Salivary Gland and Ducts

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 42426 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Salivary Gland and Ducts.

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The provider removes the total parotid gland with a tumor and performs radical neck dissection on one side.

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2nd request for help with 42415/38724/42426 bundling

I am new to ENT coding and have received a denial on a claim coded before I started for a parotidectomy and left radical neck. The codes submitted were 38724, 42426 and 42415 and the 42426 has been de... [ Read More ]

Second request...need help with 42415,38724,42426

Parotidectomy with Modified Radical Neck Dissection

Superficial parotoidectomy

I would think not Parotidectomy, lateral lobe, with FN dissection 42415 - total, with FN dissection 42420 - total, en bloc, with FN sacrifice 42425 - total, with unilateral neck dis... [ Read More ]

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