Jul 15, 2024 · In order to report 69209 or 69210, you’ll need a diagnosis of impacted cerumen, as the CPT ® descriptor indicates. The ICD-10 codes that you’d report for impacted cerumen are: H61.20 (Impacted cerumen, unspecified ear) H61.21 (Impacted cerumen, right ear) H61.22 (Impacted cerumen, left ear) H61.23 (Impacted cerumen, bilateral)

Feb 21, 2020 · Here is an AAPC article on removing cerumen (click me). Impaction includes at least one of the following: 1. Cerumen impairs the exam of clinically significant portions of the external auditory canal, tympanic member, or middle ear condition; 2. Extremely hard, dry, irritative cerumen causes symptoms such as pain, itching, hearing loss, etc.; 3.

Feb 12, 2019 · Cerumen impairs the examination of clinically significant portions of the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane, or middle ear condition; Extremely hard, dry, irritative cerumen causes symptoms such as pain, itching, hearing loss, etc.; Cerumen is associated with foul odor, infection, or dermatitis; or

Mar 1, 2016 · Cerumen is associated with foul odor, infection, or dermatitis; or Obstructive, copious cerumen cannot be removed without magnification and multiple instrumentations requiring physician skills. The AMA’s CPT® Changes 2016: An Insider’s View confirms, “Impacted cerumen is typically extremely hard and dry and accompanied by pain and itching.

Mar 1, 2021 · The method for extracting the impacted cerumen determines whether you should bill either CPT® code 69209 or 69210. Reporting 69210. Report 69210 Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral if the physician or other qualified healthcare professional uses instrumentation to remove impacted cerumen from the patient’s ear(s ...

ICD-10-CM Code for Impacted cerumen, left ear H61.22 ICD-10 code H61.22 for Impacted cerumen, left ear is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the ear and mastoid process .

Jan 16, 2024 · If a cerumen impaction is removed bilaterally and billed to Medicare Part B as 69210-50 [Bilateral procedure], Medicare Part B will not pay the claim and consider the claim improperly coded. Medicare Part B expects this service to be coded 69210 with no modifier whether the impacted cerumen is removed from one ear or from both ears.

Oct 1, 1999 · Cerumen removal alone with the use of a scope (Sometimes a primary-care physician will remove cerumen simply by washing out the ear, but if the impacted cerumen requires intervention by an otolaryngologist, the scope is likely to be used.); 3. Cerumen removal during an examination.

May 30, 2012 · H61.23, Impacted cerumen, bilateral Documentation: Physicians typically make a diagnosis of impacted cerumen by examining the patient's ear canal and eardrum with an otoscope. Irrigation is the most common method of removing impacted cerumen; the process involves washing out the ear canal with water from a commercial irrigator or a syringe with ...

Mar 20, 2019 · H61.20 — Impacted cerumen, unspecified ear; H61.21 — Impacted cerumen, right ear; H61.22 — Impacted cerumen, left ear; H61.23 — Impacted cerumen, bilateral. However, the presence of cerumen in a patient’s ear may be the result of an underlying problem, for which you could use diagnoses such as H65.- (Nonsuppurative otitis media), H66.-