cranioplasty

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    Wiki Need help with billing 62141 & 61312

    Hi, I work for a plastic surgery clinic. Our doctor did a Cranioplasty along with the the neurosurgeon as a co surgeon on a 63 yrs old. Let's say the date was 12/20. The surgery was in the morning. Late at night the patient developed an epidural Hematoma and they had to do a Craniotomy. The...
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    Wiki billing cpt 62140 with 61524

    question concerning if cpt 62140 (cranioplasty) being billed with 61524 (crani) is correct?? Patient has surgery in Nov 2020 for VP Shunt Placement and a crani 2 years ago. I do not agree with 62140 (cranioplasty) as he used the same crani entrance as before so he would have to repair that...
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    Wiki Reopening Craniotomy

    I have a note for a pt. who had reopening of right frontotemporal parietal craniotomy with wound debridement & removal of mesh, cranioplasty & complex wound closure. I believe I can do 61320-supratentorial drainage of abscess, and code the complex wound closure, but I am not sure if I also need...
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