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Below is a list summarizing the CPT codes for repair and/or reconstruction of surgical defects of skull base procedures.
CPT Code 61618
CPT 61618 describes the secondary repair of dura for a cerebrospinal fluid leak, anterior, middle, or posterior cranial fossa following skull base surgery, using a free tissue graft such as pericranium, fascia, tensor fascia lata, adipose tissue, homologous or synthetic grafts.
CPT Code 61619
CPT 61619 describes the secondary repair of dura for a cerebrospinal fluid leak, anterior, middle, or posterior cranial fossa following surgery of the skull base, utilizing local or regionalized vascularized pedicle flap or myocutaneous flap (including galea, temporalis, frontalis or occipitalis muscle).
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