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CPT® 61760, Under Stereotaxis Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 61760 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Stereotaxis Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain.

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The provider implants depth electrodes into the cerebrum of the brain using three dimensional imaging to map the implant location. This procedure is done to identify the abnormal area of the brain causing a patient’s epileptic seizures.

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61760 (More than once)
[QUOTE="pjacobs, post: 515344, member: 26853"] Anyone know if cpt code 61760 can be billed more than once? I have a provider that has done 8 through separate burr holes. [/QUOTE] MUE of one due to... [ Read More ]
61760 (More than once)
Anyone know if cpt code 61760 can be billed more than once? I have a provider that has done 8 through separate burr holes.... [ Read More ]
ROSA robotic use/billing
Good Morning, My neurosurgeon has been using the ROSA robot for placment and removal of depth electrodes for dx of epilepsy. I am being questioned about the coding and wanting to run this past anyone... [ Read More ]
Cpt for removal of cranial eeg electrodes
Would anyone know what CPT or ASA would be used for the removal of stereo-electroencephalogram electrodes? 61760 is for implantation and includes removal for the surgeon, so he does not report the rem... [ Read More ]
seizure monitoring
coding bilateral depth electrode placement and bilateral computer assisted temporal lobe subdurl electrode placment using the codes 61760 and 61533. Should the modifier -51 or -59 be used on 61533?... [ Read More ]
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