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Bill for Grafts in This Tympanic Membrane Perforation Repair Encounter

Published on Mon Nov 03, 2025

Question: Our provider repaired a tympanic membrane perforation using both a tragal cartilage graft and a temporalis fascia graft. In addition to the 69631, I want to bill for both grafts with 21235 and 15769, but I have been told I can only bill for the 21235 even though there are no bundling edits. Is this true? Also, if I [...]
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