CPT^® 62165, Under Neuroendoscopy Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 62165 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Neuroendoscopy Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain.

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In this procedure, the provider uses a small neuroendoscope to access the pituitary gland to remove an abnormal growth of the gland. The provider approaches this procedure through the nasal cavity or through the sphenoidal sinuses.

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neuroendoscopy transphenoidal approach

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bundling b/w 62164 and 62201

Assistance is needed… Does anyone know what the reason “CPT Manual or CMS Manual Coding Instructions” mean? Not sure if I should add modifier 51 or 59. I’m thinking 51 since it was at the ... [ Read More ]

Appeal Letter to Support Cosurgeon 62165-62

The North American Skull Base Society has this to say about that procedure and co-surgeons: [I]Co-surgery (Modifier 62) When two surgeons participate in the procedure togethe performing different par... [ Read More ]

Appeal Letter to Support Cosurgeon 62165-62

Greetings all, Does anyone have a standard appeal letter that they use for the denial of cosurgeons or any verbiage I can use to put one together? This is for a endoscopic pituitary case 62165-62 Th... [ Read More ]

Sinonasal Inverting Papilloma

[QUOTE="b.cobuzzi, post: 473753, member: 12103"] Sorry that I was absent. For some reason my computer would not let me log onto the forums. It is fixed now, like magic. I agree with your analysis, Jac... [ Read More ]

Sinonasal Inverting Papilloma

Sorry that I was absent. For some reason my computer would not let me log onto the forums. It is fixed now, like magic. I agree with your analysis, JackJones62 and I would use 31299 for the endoscopic... [ Read More ]

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The below codes are not coded when doing a co-surgery approach for 62165-62. Your doctor is being paid for these codes as their portion of the 62165-62. Make sure that the CSF repair is not also be... [ Read More ]

ARE CPT 31259, 30520

The Doctor asked us to billed the cpt does below, but the research I've done for a Skull base reconstruction, would 31255, 31288 (now 31259) & 30520 be included into 62165-62? for cpt 61619, the resea... [ Read More ]

61782 with 30520? and not billing 41599

[QUOTE="b.cobuzzi, post: 468932, member: 12103"] 61782 should not be billed with 30520 But there may be instances when the otolaryngologist is performing the approach to a skull surgery for the neuros... [ Read More ]

61782 with 30520? and not billing 41599

61782 should not be billed with 30520 But there may be instances when the otolaryngologist is performing the approach to a skull surgery for the neurosurgery and then 61782 would be performed. Surgeon... [ Read More ]

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