Patient has metastatic brain lesions. Patient undergoes stereotactic radiosurgery gamma knife of two lesions.

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CPT codes 61796 and 61797 are the codes for stereotactic radiosurgery of brain lesions using gamma knife. Since the patient undergoes the procedure for two lesions, both the codes should be used. Code 61533 is for stereotactic radiosurgery of brain lesion(s) without gamma knife and does not apply to this scenario. Code 61500 is for stereotactic radiosurgery of spine lesion(s) and is also not applicable in this case. Code 61796 alone is not sufficient as it is specific to the initial intracranial lesion and does not encompass additional lesions.

Patient Has Metastatic Brain Lesions