CPT^® 69155, Under Excision Procedures on the External Ear

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 69155 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 excises a massive metastatic tumor of the external ear canal along with surrounding structures. He excises the lymph nodes in the neck along with other neck structures if involved in the tumor. He performs this procedure when a lesion becomes metastatic and starts invading other anatomical structures, which are near to, or adjacent to, the external ear.

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No cut was performed. that rules out the incision or excision, 69000-69155. My surgery code pick is [B]69222-RT-78[/B] which is debridement mastoid w/ anesthesia. The -RT should clarify which ear, ... [ Read More ]

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Thanks so much for your response! The CPT 69155 was the code I wanted cleared up in my mind and you did a fine job in clarifying this code. I had used several resources to research this code but rec... [ Read More ]

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I am usually pretty good at this, but considering I am going in blind w/o an operative report, here it goes: CPT 69155 - Radical excision external auditory canal lesion with neck dissection; this cod... [ Read More ]

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