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PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES:
1. Bilateral chronic ethmoid sinusitis.
2. Bilateral chronic maxillary sinusitis.
3. Bilateral chronic sphenoid sinusitis.
4. Bilateral chronic frontal sinusitis.
5. Nasoseptal deviation.
6. Bilateral inferior turbinate hypertrophy.
OPERATION PERFORMED:
1. Bilateral endoscopic anterior-posterior ethmoidectomies.
2. Bilateral endoscopic middle maxillary antrostomies with tissue removal.
3. Bilateral endoscopic sphenoidotomies.
4. Bilateral endoscopic frontal sinusotomies.
5. Nasoseptal reconstruction.
6. Bilateral submucous resection inferior turbinates
31267, 30140-50, 31255, 31287, 31276, 30630
22.2, 21.69, 22.63, 22.52, 22.41, 21.88
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery is considered not medically necessary for the treatment of
sinusitis, polyposis, sinus tumor, or any other condition when the criteria above are not met.
Nasal or sinus cavity debridement following FESS is considered not medically necessary when
criteria above are not met.
Coding
CPT
31237
31254
31255
31256
31267
31276
31287
31288
HCPCS
S2342
ICD-9 Procedure
22.2
ICD-9 Diagnosis
039.0-039.9
212.0
235.9
239.1
325
461.0-461.9
471.0-471.9
473.0-473.9
784.7
V58.49
D38.6
G08
J01.00- J01.91
J32.0-J32.9
J33.0-J33.9
R04.0
Z48.89