Physician Office Note Examination of the ear canal on both sides revealed impacted cerumen, tightly on the right side and a little bit on the left. With the use of ear curette, the impacted cerumen was removed. Both ears were irrigated with saline solution and suctioned dry to clean out all the debris.

"Auditory System Coding Drill"

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Index:
Cerumen, Removal

Code(s):
69210-50 Removal of impacted cerumen, one or both ears

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