CPT for ENT

The comments located within this section are AAO-HNS perspectives and opinions, but are not meant to serve as the absolute and only coding authority.

Without the benefit of seeing the patient and the medical record, comments are opinion and guidance only. This is not intended to be a substitute for the judgment of the treating physician.

• Coding for Intradermal Dilutional Testing CPT Code 95027
• Coding for Neck Dissection and Laryngoscopy on the Same Date of Service
• Coding for Simultaneous Sessions of Radiofrequency Ablation and out-fracturing of the Inferior Turbinates
• Clarification on Reporting the Sinusectomy Codes
• CPT Code 92270
• Coding for Tympanoplasty
• Coding for the drainage and irrigation of the masseteric, submandibular, sublingual, and submental spaces with single incisions
• Coding for Endoscopic Laryngoplasty
• Coding for Radiofrequency Ablation of the Turbinates
• Coding for Concha Bullosa with other Turbinate Procedures
• Reporting Nasal Endoscopy and Laryngoscopy CPT Codes on the Same Date of Service
• "Separate Procedure" - What does it mean?"
• Reporting Nasal Sinus Endoscopy  
• Revised 2006 Turbinectomy Guidance
• Bundling Issue: Uvuloplastopharyngoplasty (UPPP CPT code 42145) and Tonsillectomy (CPT 42826)
• Auditory Brainstem Response and ENG's: 92541 - 92548 and 92585, 92587, 92588
• Coding for Laryngoscopy: 31545/31546
• Coding for Vertical Electrodes- CPT Code +92547
• Coding for Zenker's Diverticulum-CPT Codes 43130, 43499 and 43289
• Coding for Gold Weight Placement in the Upper Eyelid-CPT Code 67912
• Modifier -59 Scrutinized
• Coding for PE Tube Removal  
• Cerumen Removal Code G0268
• Coding for a Gentamicin Injection of the inner ear?
• Can I bill for use of the operating microscope, Code 69990?  
• What is intraoperative neurophysiology testing and can I bill for it?
• What is stereotactic computer assisted navigation and can I bill for it when I perform FESS?
• Coding for fine needle aspiration  
• Coding for Eagle’s Syndrome and its treatment
• Coding for Botulinum toxin A injections of the Larynx