CPT 00126 | Anesthesia For Tympanotomy Procedures On External, Middle & Inner Ear
CPT code 00126 can be reported when an anesthesia provider performs an anesthesia service on a patient during a tympanotomy procedure on the middle, external or inner ear.
Description
The official description of the 00126 CPT code is: “Anesthesia for procedures on external, middle, and inner ear including biopsy; tympanotomy.”
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) assigned four base units to CPT 00126.
Procedure
An anesthesia provider performs a pre-operative evaluation of the patient. Then, the anesthesia provider induces the patient and monitors the patient during a procedure on the external, middle, and inner ear, including biopsy and tympanotomy, that a different provider performs.
The anesthesia provider notes any types and amounts of medications administered, all forms of monitoring used, patient responses, and the start and stop times of anesthesia care.
Following the tympanotomy procedure on the middle, external or inner ear, the anesthesia provider oversees the patient’s transfer to post-anesthesia care.
Historical Information
| Change Type | Change Date | Previous Descriptor |
| Code Added | 01-01-1990 | — |
ICD-10-CM For CPT 00126
| H65.20 | Chronic serous otitis media, unspecified ear |
| H65.21 | Chronic serous otitis media, right ear |
| H65.22 | Chronic serous otitis media, left ear |
| H65.23 | Chronic serous otitis media, bilateral |
| H65.90 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear |
| H65.91 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear |
| H65.92 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear |
| H65.93 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral |
| H66.90 | Otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear |
| H66.91 | Otitis media, unspecified, right ear |
| H66.92 | Otitis media, unspecified, left ear |
| H66.93 | Otitis media, unspecified, bilateral |
| H95.53 | Postprocedural seroma of ear and mastoid process following a procedure on the ear and mastoid process |
