1. Jim Ready
   Posted 5 months ago #
   

   resection of bilateral middle turbinate, concha bullosa; left maxillary wall taken down/medial maxillectomy.

2. SuperCoder
   Posted 5 months ago #
   

   I think the codes would be 31225 and 30999.
   31225 Maxillectomy; without orbital exenteration
   The CPT manual instructs that you should code 30999 for resection and therapeutic fracture of the middle turbinate. However, there are two exceptions. According to the May 2003 CPT Assistant, when excision of the middle turbinate is performed with endoscopic ethmoidectomy and/or endoscopic polypectomy, it is considered included in these procedures and should not be separately reported.

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