What is the CPT code for tympanoplasty?
69645
CPT code 69645 Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); radical or complete, without ossicular chain reconstruction includes tympanoplasty with a radical or complete mastoidectomy.
What is the CPT code for revision of Stapedotomy?
69660
CPT® 69660 in section: Stapedectomy or stapedotomy with reestablishment of ossicular continuity, with or without use of foreign material.
What is Tympanomastoid?
Tympanomastoid exploration refers to a surgical procedure carried out to remove part or all of the mastoid bone as well as opening up the middle ear to be able to remove infection. Most commonly, your child will require this surgery due to a pocket of skin cells called a cholesteatoma.
What is the CPT code for Tympanoplasty with temporalis fascia graft?
69631
We routinely bill 69631 (tympanoplasty) and 20922 (temporalis fascia graft).
What is the CPT code 14060?
Adjacent Tissue Transfer
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 14060 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Adjacent Tissue Transfer or Rearrangement Procedures on the Integumentary System.
Is CPT 69436 bilateral?
In this example, CPT® code 40701 (plastic repair of cleft lip/nasal deformity; primary bilateral, one stage procedure) is the primary procedure and CPT code 69436 (tympanostomy [requiring insertion of ventilating tube], general anesthesia) is the secondary procedure. Both procedures are bilateral.
What is the difference between CPT code 69660 and 69661?
Report code 69660 for a stapedectomy or stapedotomy with reestablishment of ossicular continuity, with or without the use of foreign material. Use code 69661 for a stapedectomy or stapedotomy with reestablishment of ossicular continuity, with or without use of foreign material; with a footplate drill out.
How is Tympanoplasty done?
In tympanoplasty, the surgeon will take a small piece of tissue from under the skin behind or above your child’s ear. This tissue is very much like eardrum tissue, and the surgeon will graft it across the eardrum hole. The graft encourages the normal eardrum tissue to grow across the hole.
What is a Tympanotomy procedure?
A tympanostomy is a surgical procedure during which a surgical opening is made in the eardrum, or tympanic membrane, in order to promote drainage of infected fluid from the middle ear and ear tubes are surgically implanted into the eardrum to promote ongoing drainage.
What is Ossicular reconstruction?
Ossicular chain reconstruction (also called middle ear bone surgery) can improve conductive hearing. It can be done to replace a damaged malleus or incus bone. During surgery, you will be given local anesthesia with sedation. Or you may receive general anesthesia.
What is fascia lata graft?
Fascia lata (FL) is a material that is abundant and safe to harvest and has multiple uses as a graft material. We describe a simple technique that uses a small superior 2 cm transverse incision and an inferior stab incision to harvest a long and wide graft segment, without the use of specialized equipment.