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Dr. Charles Yates, MD

Dr. Charles Yates, MD

Indianapolis, IN

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Yates, Otologist & Neurotologist in Indianapolis, IN?

    Dr. Charles Yates, MD is an Otologist & Neurotologist, who primarily practices in Indianapolis, IN with 2 additional practice locations. He is board certified. Dr. Yates graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Indiana University Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Yates is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Yates’s practice accepts Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Yates’s office at (317) 948-3226.

    What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Yates?

    Dr. Charles Yates, MD is a highly-rated, board-certified Otologist & Neurotologist known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions or procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Yates empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Ear Disorders, Hearing & Balance Disorders, Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery, or comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Indianapolis/IN community, Dr. Yates is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.

    Where did Dr. Yates go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Residency: Indiana University Affiliated Hospitals

    • Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine

    Is Dr. Yates board certified as an Otologist & Neurotologist?

    Yes, Dr. Charles Yates, MD is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology

    What languages does Dr. Yates speak?

    Dr. Yates and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    What conditions does Dr. Yates treat?

    As an Otologist & Neurotologist, Dr. Yates diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Yates. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Sensorineural Hearing Loss
    • Conductive Hearing Loss
    • Hearing Disorder and Deafness
    • Nonsyndromic hearing loss
    • Nerve Deafness
    • Inner Ear Hearing Loss
    • SNHL
    • Permanent Hearing Loss
    • Sound transmission hearing loss
    • Outer or middle ear hearing loss
    • Temporary hearing loss
    • Sound Conduction Hearing Loss
    • Middle Ear Hearing Loss
    • Outer Ear Hearing Loss

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H903: Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
    • H900: Conductive hearing loss, bilateral
    • H9012: Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
    • H9011: Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side

    Also known as:

    • Blocked Earwax
    • Blocked Right Earwax
    • Ear Disorder
    • Impacted earwax
    • Earwax impaction
    • Excess earwax
    • Impacted Earwax Right Ear
    • Excessive Right Earwax
    • Right Earwax Impaction

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H6123: Impacted cerumen, bilateral
    • H6121: Impacted cerumen, right ear
    • H6122: Impacted cerumen, left ear

    What procedures does Dr. Yates perform?

    As an Otologist & Neurotologist, Dr. Yates performs a variety of medical procedures. This procedure information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical procedures most commonly performed by Dr. Yates. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Eardrum Repair Surgery
    • Eardrum Repair with Hearing Bone Reconstruction
    • Eardrum Repair with Mastoid Surgery
    • Eardrum and Mastoid Bone Repair
    • Eardrum Repair with Mastoidectomy and Bone Reconstruction
    • Eardrum Repair
    • Stapedectomy
    • Ear Polyp Removal
    • Tympanoplasty
    • Middle Ear Repair
    • Eardrum Reconstruction
    • Tympanoplasty with Ossicular Reconstruction
    • Middle Ear Surgery
    • PORP/TORP Placement
    • Hearing Bone Repair
    • Tympanoplasty with Mastoidectomy
    • Middle Ear and Mastoid Surgery
    • Eardrum Reconstruction with Mastoidectomy
    • Eardrum Repair without Ossicular Reconstruction
    • Middle Ear Reconstruction
    • Ossicular Chain Repair
    • Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
    • Perforated Eardrum Repair
    • Myringoplasty
    • Stapedotomy
    • Middle Ear Bone Surgery
    • Hearing Restoration Surgery
    • Aural Polyp Excision
    • Removal of Ear Canal Polyp
    • Ear Growth Removal

    CPT Codes:

    • 69631: Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revision; without ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69633: Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revision; with ossicular chain reconstruction and synthetic prosthesis (eg, partial ossicular replacement prosthesis [PORP], total ossicular replacement prosthesis [TORP])
    • 69643: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); with intact or reconstructed wall, without ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69641: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); without ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69646: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); radical or complete, with ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69642: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); with ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69610: Tympanic membrane repair, with or without site preparation of perforation for closure, with or without patch
    • 69660: Stapedectomy or stapedotomy with reestablishment of ossicular continuity, with or without use of foreign material;
    • 69540: Excision aural polyp

    Also known as:

    • Impacted Ear Wax Removal (One Ear)
    • Cerumen Impaction Removal
    • Ear Wax Extraction with Tools
    • Professional Ear Cleaning

    CPT Codes:

    • 69210: Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral

    Also known as:

    • Cochlear Implant Surgery
    • Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid Implant
    • Cochlear Implants
    • Cochlear Device Implantation
    • Hearing Implant Procedure
    • Inner Ear Implant
    • Osseointegrated hearing implant
    • BAHA implant
    • Skull hearing device
    • Osseointegrated Hearing Implant
    • BAHA Implant
    • Skull Hearing Device Implant
    • Mastoid Hearing Implant

    CPT Codes:

    • 69930: Cochlear device implantation, with or without mastoidectomy
    • 69714: Implantation, osseointegrated implant, skull; with percutaneous attachment to external speech processor
    • 69716: Implantation, osseointegrated implant, skull; with magnetic transcutaneous attachment to external speech processor, within the mastoid and/or resulting in removal of less than 100 sq mm surface area of bone deep to the outer cranial cortex

    Also known as:

    • Ear Tube Insertion (General Anesthesia)
    • Anesthesia
    • Tympanostomy with Tubes
    • Myringotomy with Tube Placement
    • Ventilating Tube Insertion (Ear)

    CPT Codes:

    • 69436: Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia

    Also known as:

    • Mastoid Cavity Cleaning
    • Mastoidectomy Debridement
    • Ear Canal Cleaning (Post-Surgery)
    • Mastoid Cleaning

    CPT Codes:

    • 69220: Debridement, mastoidectomy cavity, simple (eg, routine cleaning)

    Also known as:

    • Inner Ear Drug Infusion
    • Labyrinthotomy with Drug Perfusion', 'Transcanal Inner Ear Treatment', 'Meniere's Disease Treatment

    CPT Codes:

    • 69801: Labyrinthotomy, with perfusion of vestibuloactive drug(s), transcanal

    Also known as:

    • Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation
    • Bilateral Eustachian Tube Dilation
    • Nasal Endoscopy with Eustachian Dilation
    • Ear Tube Widening

    CPT Codes:

    • 69706: Nasopharyngoscopy, surgical, with dilation of eustachian tube (ie, balloon dilation); bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Eardrum Repair with Middle Ear Bone Reconstruction
    • Tympanoplasty with Ossicular Reconstruction
    • Middle Ear Repair Surgery
    • Perforated Eardrum Surgery with Bone Repair

    CPT Codes:

    • 69632: Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revision; with ossicular chain reconstruction (eg, postfenestration)

    Also known as:

    • Cochlear Implant Reprogramming
    • Cochlear Implant Programming for Children
    • Cochlear Implant Check-up and Programming
    • Cochlear Implants
    • Cochlear Implant Adjustment
    • Hearing Implant Reprogramming
    • Cochlear Device Tuning
    • Pediatric Cochlear Implant Adjustment
    • Cochlear Implant Diagnostic Analysis (Child)
    • Cochlear Implant Mapping (Child)
    • Cochlear Implant Diagnostic
    • Hearing Implant Programming

    CPT Codes:

    • 92604: Diagnostic analysis of cochlear implant, age 7 years or older; subsequent reprogramming
    • 92601: Diagnostic analysis of cochlear implant, patient younger than 7 years of age; with programming
    • 92603: Diagnostic analysis of cochlear implant, age 7 years or older; with programming

    Also known as:

    • Cochlear Implant Reprogramming (Child)
    • Cochlear Implants
    • Pediatric Cochlear Implant Adjustment
    • Child Hearing Implant Reprogramming
    • Cochlear Implant Mapping (Child)

    CPT Codes:

    • 92602: Diagnostic analysis of cochlear implant, patient younger than 7 years of age; subsequent reprogramming

    Also known as:

    • Hearing Test for Implanted Device
    • Tympanometry
    • Hearing Evaluation for Implanted Device
    • Auditory Evoked Potentials (Hearing Threshold)
    • Hearing Tests for Adults
    • Hearing Tests for Children
    • Cochlear Implant Evaluation
    • Auditory Implant Assessment
    • Post-Implant Hearing Test
    • Impedance Audiometry
    • Middle Ear Test
    • Ear Pressure Test
    • Auditory function assessment for implants
    • Cochlear implant candidacy evaluation
    • Post-implant hearing check
    • AEP Hearing Test
    • Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER)
    • Hearing Threshold Estimation

    CPT Codes:

    • 92626: Evaluation of auditory function for surgically implanted device(s) candidacy or postoperative status of a surgically implanted device(s); first hour
    • 92567: Tympanometry (impedance testing)
    • 92627: Evaluation of auditory function for surgically implanted device(s) candidacy or postoperative status of a surgically implanted device(s); each additional 15 minutes (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
    • 92652: Auditory evoked potentials; for threshold estimation at multiple frequencies, with interpretation and report

    Also known as:

    • Nystagmus Eye Movement Test
    • Inner Ear Balance Test
    • Balance Tests
    • Eye Movement Recording
    • Gaze Nystagmus Test
    • Fixation Nystagmus Test
    • Rotational Vestibular Test
    • Sinusoidal Rotational Test
    • Vertigo Balance Test

    CPT Codes:

    • 92541: Spontaneous nystagmus test, including gaze and fixation nystagmus, with recording
    • 92546: Sinusoidal vertical axis rotational testing

    Also known as:

    • Ear Cartilage Graft to Nose or Ear
    • Autogenous ear cartilage graft
    • Nose cartilage reconstruction
    • Ear reconstruction with own cartilage
    • Cartilage transplant for nose/ear

    CPT Codes:

    • 21235: Graft; ear cartilage, autogenous, to nose or ear (includes obtaining graft)

    Also known as:

    • Derma-Fat-Fascia Graft
    • Skin fat fascia graft
    • Composite tissue graft
    • Autologous fat graft
    • Soft tissue graft

    CPT Codes:

    • 15770: Graft; derma-fat-fascia

    Also known as:

    • Stereotactic Headframe Placement
    • Radiosurgery Headframe
    • Stereotactic Frame Application
    • Head Immobilization for Radiosurgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 61800: Application of stereotactic headframe for stereotactic radiosurgery (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

    Also known as:

    • Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Lesion
    • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
    • CyberKnife Radiosurgery
    • Focused Radiation for Brain
    • SRS

    CPT Codes:

    • 61798: Stereotactic radiosurgery (particle beam, gamma ray, or linear accelerator); 1 complex cranial lesion

    Does Dr. Yates accept my insurance?

    Dr. Yates accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (317) 948-3226 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Yates accept in Indianapolis, IN?

    Dr. Yates in Indianapolis, IN accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • All Other Third Party

    • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

    • Cooperative Benefit Group

    • Elevance Health Inc. (formerly Anthem)

    • Express Scripts

    • Humana

    • Medicare

    • State of Indiana

    • State of Tennessee

    • Unified Group Services

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    Where is Dr. Yates' office located?

    Dr. Charles Yates' Primary Practice

    1701 N Senate Blvd

    Indianapolis, IN 46202

    (317) 948-3226

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    Dr. Charles Yates' Practice 2

    705 Riley Hospital Dr

    Indianapolis, IN 46202

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    Dr. Charles Yates' Practice 3

    355 W 16th St

    Indianapolis, IN 46202

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    What is Dr. Yates's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Yates's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1275709958.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Yates?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Yates

    What is Dr. Charles Yates's specialty?

    Dr. Yates is a Otologist & Neurotologist near Indianapolis, IN. An otolaryngologist specializing in otology and neurotology treats diseases of the ear and temporal bone, including hearing and balance disorders. Their advanced training focuses on the study of embryology, anatomy, physiology, and the underlying causes of ear-related conditions. Contact Dr. Yates to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Charles Yates affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Yates is affiliated with IU Health North Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

    Where can I learn more about Otologist & Neurotologist?

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    Is Charles Yates accepting new patients in Indianapolis, IN?

    Yes, Dr. Charles Yates is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Charles Yates offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Yates's office at (317) 948-3226 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Charles Yates?

    Please contact Dr. Yates's office at (317) 948-3226 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

    Which board certifications does Dr. Charles Yates have?

    Dr. Charles Yates is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.

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