For brain debridement only, can an unlisted (64999) be reported along with comparision code 62010? The neurosurgeon has only done the brain debridement,while plastics and oral maxiofacial complete the other portions. I appreciate your opinions.
PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:
Gunshot wound to the head, bilateral orbital fractures, bilateral frontal bone and temporal bone fractures and bifrontal injury.
POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:
Gunshot wound to the head, bilateral orbital fractures, bilateral...
62010
PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:
Gunshot wound to the head, bilateral orbital fractures, bilateral frontal bone and temporal bone fractures and bifrontal injury.
POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:
Gunshot wound to the head, bilateral orbital fractures, bilateral...
62010
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