A patient has chronic cholesteatoma in the right middle ear. The otolaryngologist performed a tympanoplasty with a radical mastoidectomy, removing the middle ear cholesteatoma. Grafting technique…

The correct answer is A. 69645. The procedure involves a tympanoplasty with a radical mastoidectomy and removal of a cholesteatoma from the middle ear, including grafting of the eardrum without ossicular chain Procedure Description: Radical mastoidectomy. Removal of cholesteatoma from the middle ear. Grafting…

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A patient has chronic cholesteatoma in the right middle ear. The otolaryngologist performed a tympanoplasty with a radical mastoidectomy, removing the middle ear cholesteatoma. Grafting technique was used to repair the eardrum without ossicular chain reconstruction. What CPT® code is reported for this surgery?

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A69645
B69641
C69642
D69643

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A
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C
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D
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Explanation

The procedure involves a tympanoplasty with a radical mastoidectomy and removal of a cholesteatoma from the middle ear, including grafting of the eardrum without ossicular chain Procedure Description: Radical mastoidectomy. Removal of cholesteatoma from the middle ear. Grafting technique used to repair the eardrum without ossicular chain reconstruction. 69645: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), radical or complete, with removal of cholesteatoma; with mastoid obliteration.

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