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CPT® 21336, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Head

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 21336 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Head.

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The provider reduces, or realigns, a fracture, of the nasal septum, through a nasal incision, to restore both functionality and appearance. He may use sutures in the septum to hold it in place while it heals.

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Nasal and septal fracture repair ent code help nasal fracture open reduction nasal fracture otolaryngology
In this procedure my doctor is say he performed 1)septoplasty with open reduction and stabilization of septal fractures 2) open reduction of nasal bone fractures with stabilization But in the OP notes... [ Read More ]
open septoplasty
[b]code for open reduction septal fracture[/b] When our doctors perform both of these services we bill the code 21336 for the open reduction septal fracture along with the other code (21315 w/o stabi... [ Read More ]
closed or open reduction nasal fracture?
My response is 21336 and 21320, open treatment of nasal septal fx and closed treatment of nasal bone fx; your surgeon did not do a septoplasty, 30520, nor an open treatment of nasal fx, 21330, and the... [ Read More ]
Open wound mean open trtmt of fracture?
Patient was in a MVA and has a large open wound of the nose. There are septal and nasal fractures. Nasal septum was straigtened thru the open wound and also the nasal pyramid bones straightened and ... [ Read More ]
Open wound mean open treatment of fx?
Patient was in a MVA and has complex open wound to nose. The docter repairs a fx'd nasal septum thru the open nasal wound. Is this considered open treatment? He doesn't have to surgically open to f... [ Read More ]
Open reduction of 12 year old nasal fracture
Hi folks- So I am new to ENT coding (I typically code general surgery) so this may be elementary to most of you...but here goes. My doc wants to use cpt code 21336 for this procedure. I don't think t... [ Read More ]
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