CPT^® 62143, Under Repair Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 62143 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain.

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In this procedure, the provider replaces a previously placed bone flap or prosthetic skull plate. The provider usually performs this as a result of an infection or rejection of previously implanted material.

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Based on the information you are giving, it sounds like you have used the correct code for the hemi-crani. The code for replacing a bone flap is 62143. You should append a 58 modifier for the staged... [ Read More ]

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Hi! My surgeon did a cranioplasty (greater than 5cm skull defect) but he also put in a custom made plate so for this procedure I used 62141 for the cranioplasty and 62143 for the plate. One coder agre... [ Read More ]

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[B]Preop dx[/B]-Cranial defect; hyperostotic skull lesions x 3 [B]Procedure[/B]- 1-Rt frontoparietal cranioplasty, using patient specific implant cranioplasty plate. 2-Excision of hyperostotic skull... [ Read More ]

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