CPT Knowledgebase - Mar 1, 2024

A decompressive craniectomy with a duraplasty and an evacuation of an intracerebral hematoma was performed on a trauma patient with intracranial hypertension. A partial lobectomy was also performed during the same session. Can we report CPT code 61323 even though the lobectomy was partial? Is an intracerebral hematoma separately reported with CPT code 61313?

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