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Craniotomy for craniosynostosis; bifrontal bone flap
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Extensive craniectomy for multiple cranial suture craniosynostosis (eg, cloverleaf skull); not requiring bone grafts
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N/A - No authorization is required
Extensive craniectomy for multiple cranial suture craniosynostosis (eg, cloverleaf skull); recontouring with multiple osteotomies and bone autografts (eg, barrel-stave procedure) (includes obtaining grafts)
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N/A - No authorization is required
Excision, intra and extracranial, benign tumor of cranial bone (eg, fibrous dysplasia); without optic nerve decompression
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N/A - No authorization is required
Excision, intra and extracranial, benign tumor of cranial bone (eg, fibrous dysplasia); with optic nerve decompression
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N/A - No authorization is required
Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for selective amygdalohippocampectomy
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N/A - No authorization is required
Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for multiple subpial transections, with electrocorticography during surgery
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N/A - No authorization is required
Craniectomy or craniotomy; with excision of foreign body from brain
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N/A - No authorization is required
Craniectomy or craniotomy; with treatment of penetrating wound of brain
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N/A - No authorization is required
Transoral approach to skull base, brain stem or upper spinal cord for biopsy, decompression or excision of lesion;
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N/A - No authorization is required
Transoral approach to skull base, brain stem or upper spinal cord for biopsy, decompression or excision of lesion; requiring splitting of tongue and/or mandible (including tracheostomy)
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N/A - No authorization is required
Craniofacial approach to anterior cranial fossa; extradural, including lateral rhinotomy, ethmoidectomy, sphenoidectomy, without maxillectomy or orbital exenteration
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Craniofacial approach to anterior cranial fossa; extradural, including lateral rhinotomy, orbital exenteration, ethmoidectomy, sphenoidectomy and/or maxillectomy
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N/A - No authorization is required
Craniofacial approach to anterior cranial fossa; extradural, including unilateral or bifrontal craniotomy, elevation of frontal lobe(s), osteotomy of base of anterior cranial fossa
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N/A - No authorization is required
Craniofacial approach to anterior cranial fossa; intradural, including unilateral or bifrontal craniotomy, elevation or resection of frontal lobe, osteotomy of base of anterior cranial fossa
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Orbitocranial approach to anterior cranial fossa, extradural, including supraorbital ridge osteotomy and elevation of frontal and/or temporal lobe(s); without orbital exenteration
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Orbitocranial approach to anterior cranial fossa, extradural, including supraorbital ridge osteotomy and elevation of frontal and/or temporal lobe(s); with orbital exenteration
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Bicoronal, transzygomatic and/or LeFort I osteotomy approach to anterior cranial fossa with or without internal fixation, without bone graft
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Infratemporal pre-auricular approach to middle cranial fossa (parapharyngeal space, infratemporal and midline skull base, nasopharynx), with or without disarticulation of the mandible, including parotidectomy, craniotomy, decompression and/or mobilization
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Infratemporal post-auricular approach to middle cranial fossa (internal auditory meatus, petrous apex, tentorium, cavernous sinus, parasellar area, infratemporal fossa) including mastoidectomy, resection of sigmoid sinus, with or without decompression and
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
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