Procedures: Craniotomy for a patient with benign clinoidal meningioma.
The surgeon carried out a stereotactic osteoplastic craniotomy along with resection of clinoidal/sphenoid wing mass. For the microdissection an intraoperative microscope was used. Prior to decompressing the superior orbital fissure, the tumor was extirpated through the opticocarotid, carotid oculomotor, as well as prechiasmatic spaces.
Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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The correct CPT codes for the described procedure are 61512 for the craniotomy with resection of the meningioma, and 69990 for the use of the operating microscope, which is an additional procedure often used in microdissections. The ICD-10-CM code D32.0 is accurate for a benign meningioma of the cerebral meninges. The other codes and modifiers in the options are not necessary or correct for the described procedure.

Procedures: Craniotomy for a Patient with Benign Clinoidal Meningioma