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Be Precise for Skull Tumor Resection

Published on Fri Aug 02, 2013

Question: How do we report right parieto-occipital craniotomy for resection of mass and mesh repair in a patient who has a skull tumor? Ohio Subscriber Answer: The code to describe excision of a skull tumor is 61500 (Craniectomy; with excision of tumor or other bone lesion of skull). The removal of the tumor includes the craniotomy/craniectomy as well as closure [...]
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