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 are 61512 for the craniotomy with resection of the tumor, 69990 for the use of the operative microscope, and 61781 for the stereotactic guidance. The correct ICD-10-CM code is D32.0 for a benign meningioma of the cerebral meninges, which matches the description of a benign clinoidal meningioma.

Procedures: Craniotomy for a Patient with Benign Clinoidal Meningioma