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Wiki Nasal Conformers/Nostril Sizers/Plastic Tubes

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Need help with something new we are seeing in the hospital setting. After a cleft lip/palate repair the patients are coming to the hospital, because of their age, to have the nostril sizers/stents or tubes upsized. Is there a code for this procedure? We have been using CPT code 30999. Don't like 31299 because that involves the sinus and 30220 is for a septal prosthesis. " Old stents were removed and the nostril sizers were used to decide the adequate size that would provide maximal support. The #7 sizer was a fit and place in and a suture was placed to anchor it in place". Any help is appreciated. Thanks Buttercup
 
Hello- did you ever get a response on this? We are performing this at our pediatric organization and I am trying to confirm if upsizing these nasal stents are separately billable after the cleft repair. I'm interested to here your thoughts on this.
 
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