CPT^® 62146, Under Repair Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 62146 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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Summary

The provider repairs a skull bone defect no larger than 5 cm by using bone tissue harvested from another part of the patient and transferred to the cranium. This service resolves cranial defects as a result of depressed skull fractures, congenital abnormalities, tumors, or other trauma or disease.

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Cranioplasty for skull defect

Do we choose between 62146 and 62147 according on the size of the defect before the repair or after? I have a case where the cranial defect is less than five, but after the repair the size of the defe... [ Read More ]

Cranioplasty for skull defect

I would look at 62140 and 62141. Codes 62146 and 62147 are if the physician harvests bone graft from the patient to repair the defect. However, also make sure he is not planning on billing for a cr... [ Read More ]

Cranioplasty for skull defect

I have a new Neurosurgeon starting soon. He asked me what code I would use for a cranioplasty for skull defect when he uses polymethyl methacrylate or PMMA instead of the patients own bone. I thin... [ Read More ]

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