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[todd5400]

patient has cerebellar tumor

Procedure: Suboccipital craniotomy, resection of cerebellar tumor, use of microscope, duraplasty less than 5 cm.

What procedure code would you use? No cervical laminectomy was performed

Thanks in advance
Mary

 

[neatmon]

I would use 61616 and 69990, as the description states "or C1-C3 vertebral bodies;"