How should the residents code for procedures that include two major components, such as tympanoplasty with ossicular reconstruction?
For example, to get credit for both the tympanoplasty and the ossicular reconstruction, the resident will need to enter the CPT code twice in the System. Even though the code description may indicate that the procedure was both components, because the Review Committee has split them out into two different categories, the resident must enter the code twice to get proper credit. If the resident is doing just a mastoidectomy, he or she should enter mastoidectomy. If resident does only a tympanoplasty, he or she should just enter tympanoplasty. If the procedure includes an ossicular reconstruction, tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy, then the resident enters the CPT three times.
