AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 1 (January)
Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (January 2014)
January 2014 page 9b Surgery: Nervous System Question: Codes 61500 and 61501 describe craniectomies with excision of tumor or other bone lesion of skull (61500) and for osteomyelitis (61501) without mention of a bone graft or plastic replacement to reconstruct the skull. Is the bone graft placement an integral part of codes 61500 and 61501, or should a separate code be reported? Answer: If a bone graft or plastic replacement is required to reconstruct the skull, this is not inclusive to the procedure and would be reported separately. Although a craniectomy procedure includes the removal of a piece of...
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