Case Studies—Auditory Operative Report
Abstract from Documentation:
1. What types of documentation should be searched for when reading the operative report?
2. Time to Code:
a. Were other procedures performed, such as mastoidectomy, ossicular chain reconstruction, and so on? Note the entry for “without mastoidectomy.”
b. Index:
Tympanoplasty, without Mastoidectomy
Operating Microscope
Code(s):
69631-LT Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canal plasty, atticotomy, and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revision; without ossicular chain reconstruction
69990 Operating Microscope
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