With the patient under general anesthesia, the ENT used a surgical microscope to perform a myringotomy to release pressure and a tympanoplasty to repair the perforated eardrum of a 6-year-old boy with chronic ear infections who stuck the end of his glasses in his ear. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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The correct CPT codes are 69631 for tympanoplasty and 69421-59 for myringotomy with modifier 59 to indicate a distinct procedural service. Code 69990 is used for the use of the surgical microscope. The ICD-10-CM codes are S09.20xA for the traumatic perforation of the tympanic membrane and H93.8x9 for other specified disorders of the ear.

With the Patient Under General Anesthesia, the ENT Used a Surgical