Hi
We have a 10 yr old boy who had his ear basically bitten off. He was seen by a doctor who placed a permanent suture and sutured his ear to the skin on his head to allow healing of the ear injury. He was told to come back in 6 months to a year to remove the suture and do a reconstruction. The original doctor retired and now my doctor is seeing him.

My doctor states he would need to relieve the suture and then modify/reconstruct the ear without using any flaps or grafts. He would most likely be able to close any gaps with just sutures.

I know i need to get authorization from the insurance, that is why we don’t want to use an unlisted code. I don’t think this qualifies as complex repair because it is not an open wound.

My question is this- what code do i need to use without using an unlisted code? Would it be 69300 otoplasty? Any help would be greatly appreciated.