A 30-year-old patient with a scalp defect is having plastic surgery to insert tissue expanders. The provider inserts the implants, closes the skin, and increases the volume of the expanders by injecting saline solution. Tissue is expanded until a satisfactory aesthetic outcome is obtained to repair the scalp defect.
What CPT® code is reported?
it makes senseInserting one or more implants under the skin Expanding the tissues over several weeks with a subcutaneous balloon Using the stretched soft tissue to accommodate a breast implant or cover a scarred
It should be 1577. tissue. expansion for repair of defects which incudes the insertion of tissue expanders.
It was one or more insert implants
11960. INSERTION OF TISSUE EXPANDERS FOR THE OTHER THAN BREAST INCLUDING SUBSEQUENT EXPANSION