CPT^® 69145, Under Excision Procedures on the External Ear

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 69145 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the External Ear.

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Summary

The provider resects an area of damaged or diseased tissue, such as a sebaceous cyst, lipoma, or cholesteatoma, from the external ear canal. He performs the procedure to establish a diagnosis and to relieve pain and difficulty hearing.

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help on code please

i am thinking 15120 69310 69145 would the excision of the lesion be inclusive to the canalplasty-though i am not sure i see the description of canalplasty TIA [ATTACH type="full"]5800[/ATTACH]... [ Read More ]

Right ear canal polyp/lesion

[QUOTE="wynonna, post: 484939, member: 45822"] 1 ml deep to canal wall. 7-8 mm of exophytic growth. Since the ear is cartilage, and it is soft tissue, I went with 69145 for "Excision of soft tissue l... [ Read More ]

canalplasty

hi looking for some verification here, i am not sure if canalplasty was done, pt did not have stenosis. What i am seeing is 15120 21235 harvest 69145 excision of the lesion in canal thanks in advance... [ Read More ]

Right ear canal polyp/lesion

1 ml deep to canal wall. 7-8 mm of exophytic growth. Since the ear is cartilage, and it is soft tissue, I went with 69145 for "Excision of soft tissue lesion, external auditory canal" I think it's de... [ Read More ]

Right ear canal polyp/lesion

Hello, I'm looking for the CPT for the following operation: Excision of right ear canal lesion with operating microscope. A beaver blade was used to excise around the base of lesion down to the cana... [ Read More ]

Ear procedure bundled codes? 69145 69540 69610 aural polyp cholesteatoma myringoplasty

Can anyone tell me what the rules are for coding excision of cholesteatoma/polyp with an ear procedure such as a myringoplasty? There are no ncci edits with cpt code 69610 and 69540. But since it is h... [ Read More ]

Myringoplasty with excision of cholesteatoma

[B]Consider CPT 69631 [I]Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy [/I][/B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B][U][I]and/or[/I][/U][/B][/COLOR][B][I] middle ear surgery), initial ... [ Read More ]

Myringoplasty with excision of cholesteatoma

There are no ncci edits for cpt codes 69145 excision of cholesteatoma and 69610 myringoplasty. Does anyone know if they can be coded together? Since it is in the same ear I'm thinking they can't be co... [ Read More ]

Ossicular chain reconstruction

[QUOTE="jackjones62, post: 473019, member: 15557"] Hello, Sorry I am late with a response, have not been on Forum for a while. I would use CPT 69633, remember, a Dorhaufer Prosthesis is considered a ... [ Read More ]

Ossicular chain reconstruction

Hello, Sorry I am late with a response, have not been on Forum for a while. I would use CPT 69633, remember, a Dorhaufer Prosthesis is considered a PORP and that is the surgeons primary goal is to re... [ Read More ]

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