The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 42415 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Salivary …

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 42420 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Salivary …

Question: Our surgeon performed superficial parotidectomy with nerve dissection for a patient. He closed the defect with an alloderm graft. There are so many options for reporting parotidectomy and I …

Mar 26, 2015 · Answer: Code 42450 (Excision of sublingual gland) is not correct for parotidectomy. Instead, you should report 42420 (Excision of parotid tumor or parotid gland; total, with dissection …

Sep 23, 2020 · There are 2 lobes to the parotid gland, superficial and deep lobe, if they stated superficial it is the lateral lobe and they did a partial parotidectomy with facial nerve dissection (they preserved …

Jul 15, 2014 · Question: I’m coding for a procedure that started out as a parotidectomy with dissection of the seventh facial nerve. It actually became excision of a deep cervical cyst with dissection of the …

May 25, 2021 · 69310: Reconstruction of external auditory canal (meatoplasty) (eg, for stenosis due to injury, infection) (separate procedure), is a separate procedure, but since the parotidectomy is not an …

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 42426 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Salivary …

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 42410 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Salivary …

Jun 20, 2018 · Example 1: Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma The surgical report documents a simple parotidectomy of a superficial lobe of the left parotid gland without facial-nerve involvement. The …