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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Res. 2016 May 18;124:55–62. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2016.05.001

Table 1.

CPT codes for epilepsy surgery.

CPT Code Description
61534 Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for excision of epileptogenic focus without ECoG during surgery
61536 Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for excision of epileptic focus, with ECoG during surgery
61537a Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for lobectomy, temporal lobe, without ECoG during surgery
61538 Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for lobectomy with ECoG during surgery, temporal lobe
61539 Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for lobectomy other than temporal lobe, with ECoG during surgery
61540a Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for lobectomy other than temporal lobe, without ECoG during surgery
61541 Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for transection of corpus callosum
61543 Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for partial or subtotal hemispherectomy
61566a Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for selective amygdalohippocampectomy
61567a Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for multiple subpial transections, with electrocorticography during surgery
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