Our surgeon has been treating a patient with chronic post-operative pain from an inguinal hernia repair two years ago. She is planning to take the patient to the OR for the excision of a neuroma. We need to precertify the case and are unsure what code we should use.
Answer:
Without more specific information, we cannot identify a specific code. However, we can suggest a code range to review for the excision of a neuroma. Report the appropriate code based on the documentation of excision and anatomic location.
major peripheral nerve, except sciatic
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sciatic nerve
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Excision of neurofibroma or neurolemmoma; cutaneous nerve
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