Wiki Pterygopalatine Fossa Bx - Urgent - AAPC
2015年10月21日 · We could see the infraorbital nerve imprint behind the bone and this bulging was inferior and medial to it. The mucosa surface was burned and the pterygopalatine fossa was entered by removal of thinned posterior wall. Then the neurosurgeon entered the field for biopsy of the mass of the left pterygoplatine fossa. described in a separate note.
CPT ® 31040, Under Incision Procedures on the Accessory Sinuses …
Pterygopalatine Fossa Bx - Urgent If this was done without endoscopic instrumentation, the 31040 would fit. It says 'any approach' in the code - this may lead some to using it for endoscopic surgery - but based on all previous direct...
Wiki Pterygpalatine BX - Urgent Help - AAPC
2015年10月22日 · We could see the infraorbital nerve imprint behind the bone and this bulging was inferior and medial to it. The mucosa surface was burned and the pterygopalatine fossa was entered by removal of thinned posterior wall. Then the neurosurgeon entered the field for biopsy of the mass of the left pterygoplatine fossa. described in a separate note.
Wiki Oropharynx carcinoma resection - AAPC
3. Right composite resection of oropharynx including right tonsil, partial right base of tongue and pterygopalatine fossa including the medial and lateral pterygoid muscle 4. Mandibulotomy and bone plate reconstruction I was thinking: 41135 - resection of partial base of tongue, neck dissection 42890 - resection of oropharynx 21198 - mandibulotomy
Wiki Infratemporal Fossa Neoplasm - AAPC
2012年5月14日 · Malignant neoplasm of cranial fossa is 191.9 or if for temporal lobe is 191.2; benign neoplasm of cranial ...
Wiki cpt code for salpingo-palatine block - AAPC
2011年6月20日 · The pterygopalatine ganglion (Synonym: ganglion pterygopalatinum, meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion, sphenopalatine ganglion) is a parasympathetic ganglion found in the pterygopalatine fossa. It is one of four parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck. (The others are the submandibular ganglion, otic ganglion, and ciliary ganglion).
Wiki - Maxillary sinus | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
2009年10月19日 · Hello, I am a little late with response, but in reading CPT 31233, it is a diagnostic procedure only, there is no tissue removal; it is an endoscopic view of the maxillary sinus, a trocar puncture is made either thru the internal meatus or canine fossa, the endoscope is then inserted to view the maxillary sinus, nothing else is done.
Otolaryngology | Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Billing Considerations …
2002年3月1日 · None of the three diagnostic endoscopy codes 31231, 31233 (Nasal/sinus endoscopy, diagnostic with maxillary sinusoscopy [via inferior meatus or canine fossa puncture]) or 31235 (Nasal/sinus endoscopy, diagnostic with sphenoid sinusoscopy [via puncture of sphenoidal face or cannulation of ostium]) may be billed if FESS is performed on the same ...
High-Risk Debridement Coding and Documentation - AAPC
2024年11月1日 · I think it would be helpful to have specific documentation around the proper way to measure a wound. Although the CPT book indicates surface area, you have providers trying to measure each side what I call the box method (left, right, front, and back) when measuring and adding that together as the total surface area they are debriding instead of the presumed way …
Wiki Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence - AAPC
2012年10月26日 · My surgeon (OTO) along with a Neurosurgeon is performing a craniotomy with a middle fossa skull base approach for repair of a superior semicircular canal dehiscence. The defect is corrected with locally harvested fascia as well as local bone graft from the craniotomy site. Any ideas on the appropriate CPT codes for this? Thank you for your help.