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CPT® 69222, Under Removal Procedures on the External Ear

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 69222 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Removal Procedures on the External Ear.

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The provider cleans out the cavity left by a mastoidectomy; the procedure requires anesthesia or more extensive debridement than normal. Patients sometimes require one or more debridement procedures after mastoidectomy before the cavity settles down, i.e., dries out.

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Steroid injection in Ear Canal
I am thinking that the injection would be a part of the surgical package and not reported separately. 69222... [ Read More ]
Help!!
No cut was performed. that rules out the incision or excision, 69000-69155. My surgery code pick is [B]69222-RT-78[/B] which is debridement mastoid w/ anesthesia. The -RT should clarify which ear, ... [ Read More ]
New patient and procedure on the same day.
CPT 69220 in the AAPC shows: "Debridement, mastoidectomy cavity, simple (eg, routine cleaning)" with "The physician performs post operative removal of contaminated tissue from the mastoid cavity. The ... [ Read More ]
Granulation debridement from external auditory canal
MD removed granulation tissue with cups forceps under anesthesia. No previous mastoidectomy, only PE tubes. Other coder suggested 69145, but the tissue was not a lesion. I thought perhaps 69222, but n... [ Read More ]
69220 LT Ear & 69222 RT Ear Coding
[QUOTE="croepke, post: 214006, member: 157399"]I have an instance where 69220 Debridement, Mastoidectomy Cavity, simple was done on the left ear and 69222 Debridement, Mastoidectomy Cavity, Complex ... [ Read More ]
69220 LT Ear & 69222 RT Ear Coding
I have an instance where 69220 Debridement, Mastoidectomy Cavity, simple was done on the left ear and 69222 Debridement, Mastoidectomy Cavity, Complex was done on the right ear. How should this be ... [ Read More ]
debris/pus removed under microscope
That's a good question. But is the pus a foreign body? If not then 69200 and 69205 cannot be used. The pus is not impacted cerumen either so 69210 cannot be used. And the mastoid cavity is not what wa... [ Read More ]
debris/pus removed under microscope
[b]Cleaning/Debridement of External Ear[/b] Shouldn't the cleaning/debridement come from 69200-69222 (Auditory System-External Ear-Removal) with an add-on of 69990 for the microscope? CPT's descripti... [ Read More ]
surgery coding
Since code 69222 includes debridement, that would include the bullet removal. "Following injury from a high velocity projectile, soft tissue wounds will usually need debridement. This means removal o... [ Read More ]
surgery coding
[b]Surgery Coding[/b] I did a lot of soul searching for this report and this is what I came up with. I would not use 69603 because that code includes meatoplasty which is a widening of the entrance ... [ Read More ]
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