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Beware Bundling Cochlear Implants With These Procedures

Published on Wed Oct 21, 2026

Question: I could use some help in billing for cochlear implants, specifically what a complete surgical claim should include. We are currently using 69930 for the surgery along with L8614 for the device. Are there additional codes that I should be using in conjunction with these codes? The codes that my physician would like to use are: 69930 69502 69440 [...]
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