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Dr. Matthew Carfrae, MD

Dr. Matthew Carfrae, MD

Clive, IA

18 Years of Experience

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Carfrae, Otologist & Neurotologist in Clive, IA?

    Dr. Matthew Carfrae, MD is an Otologist & Neurotologist, who primarily practices in Clive, IA. He has been practicing for over 18 years and is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Carfrae completed his residency at Albany Medical Center. Dr. Carfrae is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Carfrae’s practice accepts Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Carfrae’s office at (515) 418-9960.

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

    • Fellowship: Univ of Virginia-Neurotology, Charlottesville, VA

    • Residency: Albany Medical Center

    • Medical School: University of Iowa Medical School

    Is Dr. Carfrae board certified in Otologist & Neurotologist?

    Yes, Dr. Matthew Carfrae, MD is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology

    What languages does Dr. Carfrae speak?

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

    • English

    What conditions does Dr. Carfrae treat?

    As a Otologist & Neurotologist, Dr. Carfrae 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. Carfrae. 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:

    • Chronic Left Ear Infection
    • Ear Infection
    • Chronic Right Ear Infection
    • Chronic Left Middle Ear Infection
    • Chronic Left Otitis Media
    • Long-term Left Ear Infection
    • Otitis Media
    • Middle Ear Infection
    • Ear Inflammation
    • Chronic Right Middle Ear Infection
    • Chronic Right Otitis Media
    • Long-term Right Ear Infection

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H663X2: Other chronic suppurative otitis media, left ear
    • H663X3: Other chronic suppurative otitis media, bilateral
    • H663X1: Other chronic suppurative otitis media, right ear

    Also known as:

    • Sensorineural Hearing Loss
    • Hearing Disorder and Deafness
    • Nonsyndromic hearing loss
    • Nerve Deafness
    • Inner Ear Hearing Loss
    • SNHL
    • Permanent Hearing Loss

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H903: Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Central Vertigo
    • Dizziness and Vertigo
    • Brain-Related Vertigo
    • Neurological Vertigo
    • Brainstem Vertigo

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H814: Vertigo of central origin

    Also known as:

    • Benign Cranial Nerve Tumor
    • Benign Tumor
    • Peripheral Nerve Disorder
    • Non-cancerous cranial nerve growth
    • Benign cranial nerve neoplasm

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • D333: Benign neoplasm of cranial nerves

    Also known as:

    • Other Eustachian Tube Problems
    • Ear Disorder
    • Eustachian Tube Disorders
    • Ear Tube Issues

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H6983: Other specified disorders of Eustachian tube, bilateral

    What procedures does Dr. Carfrae perform?

    As a Otologist & Neurotologist, Dr. Carfrae 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. Carfrae. 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:

    • Basic Balance Test
    • Balance Tests
    • Vestibular Evaluation
    • Inner Ear Balance Test
    • Nystagmus Test

    CPT Codes:

    • 92540: Basic vestibular evaluation, includes spontaneous nystagmus test with eccentric gaze fixation nystagmus, with recording, positional nystagmus test, minimum of 4 positions, with recording, optokinetic nystagmus test, bidirectional foveal and peripheral stimulation, with recording, and oscillating tracking test, with recording

    Also known as:

    • Caloric Vestibular Test
    • Bithermal Caloric Test
    • Inner Ear Balance Test
    • Videonystagmography (VNG) Caloric Test

    CPT Codes:

    • 92537: Caloric vestibular test with recording, bilateral; bithermal (ie, one warm and one cool irrigation in each ear for a total of four irrigations)

    Also known as:

    • Tympanometry
    • Hearing Tests for Adults
    • Hearing Tests for Children
    • Impedance Audiometry
    • Middle Ear Test
    • Ear Pressure Test

    CPT Codes:

    • 92567: Tympanometry (impedance testing)

    Also known as:

    • Eardrum Repair Surgery
    • Eardrum Repair with Hearing Bone Reconstruction
    • Eardrum Repair with Mastoid Surgery
    • Stapedectomy
    • Eardrum Repair with Middle Ear Surgery
    • Eardrum Repair with Middle Ear Bone Reconstruction
    • Ear Canal Reconstruction
    • Mastoid Bone Filling
    • Middle Ear Exploration
    • 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
    • Stapedotomy
    • Middle Ear Bone Surgery
    • Hearing Restoration Surgery
    • Tympanoplasty with Mastoid Surgery
    • Ear Drum Reconstruction (without Ossicular Chain)
    • Middle Ear Repair Surgery
    • Eardrum and Bone Repair
    • Meatoplasty
    • External Auditory Canal Repair
    • Ear Canal Widening
    • Mastoidectomy with obliteration
    • Ear bone filling surgery
    • Mastoid cavity closure
    • Tympanoplasty with Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
    • Middle Ear Reconstruction Surgery
    • Eardrum and Hearing Bone Repair
    • Tympanotomy
    • Middle Ear Examination
    • Ear Canal Incision
    • Postauricular Ear Surgery

    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
    • 69660: Stapedectomy or stapedotomy with reestablishment of ossicular continuity, with or without use of foreign material;
    • 69635: Tympanoplasty with antrotomy or mastoidotomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy, middle ear surgery, and/or tympanic membrane repair); without ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69637: Tympanoplasty with antrotomy or mastoidotomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy, middle ear surgery, and/or tympanic membrane repair); with ossicular chain reconstruction and synthetic prosthesis (eg, partial ossicular replacement prosthesis [PORP], total ossicular replacement prosthesis [TORP])
    • 69310: Reconstruction of external auditory canal (meatoplasty) (eg, for stenosis due to injury, infection) (separate procedure)
    • 69670: Mastoid obliteration (separate procedure)
    • 69636: Tympanoplasty with antrotomy or mastoidotomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy, middle ear surgery, and/or tympanic membrane repair); with ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69440: Middle ear exploration through postauricular or ear canal incision

    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 Implant
    • Mastoid Hearing Implant
    • Osseointegrated hearing implant
    • BAHA implant
    • Skull hearing device

    CPT Codes:

    • 69930: Cochlear device implantation, with or without mastoidectomy
    • 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
    • 69714: Implantation, osseointegrated implant, skull; with percutaneous attachment to external speech processor

    Also known as:

    • Eardrum Repair with Middle Ear Bone Reconstruction
    • Eardrum Repair (Myringoplasty)
    • Tympanoplasty with Ossicular Reconstruction
    • Middle Ear Repair Surgery
    • Perforated Eardrum Surgery with Bone Repair
    • Repair of Eardrum
    • Tympanic Membrane Repair
    • Drumhead Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 69632: Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revision; with ossicular chain reconstruction (eg, postfenestration)
    • 69620: Myringoplasty (surgery confined to drumhead and donor area)

    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:

    • 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:

    • Ear Drum Repair with Mastoid Bone Removal
    • Tympanoplasty with Mastoidectomy
    • Middle Ear Reconstruction
    • Radical Mastoidectomy
    • Ear Drum and Bone Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 69645: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); radical or complete, without ossicular chain reconstruction

    Also known as:

    • Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation
    • Nasopharyngoscopy with Eustachian Dilation
    • Balloon Eustachian Tuboplasty
    • Ear Tube Dilation

    CPT Codes:

    • 69705: Nasopharyngoscopy, surgical, with dilation of eustachian tube (ie, balloon dilation); unilateral

    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:

    • Autologous Soft Tissue Graft
    • Fat Grafting
    • Dermal Graft
    • Fascia Graft
    • Tissue Transfer

    CPT Codes:

    • 15769: Grafting of autologous soft tissue, other, harvested by direct excision (eg, fat, dermis, fascia)

    Also known as:

    • Facial Tissue Transfer (Eyelids, Nose, Ears, Lips)
    • Head and Neck Muscle Flap Surgery
    • Local Flap Surgery
    • Adjacent Tissue Rearrangement
    • Facial Reconstruction
    • Myocutaneous Flap
    • Fasciocutaneous Flap
    • Head and Neck Reconstruction
    • Vascular Pedicle Flap

    CPT Codes:

    • 14060: Adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement, eyelids, nose, ears and/or lips; defect 10 sq cm or less
    • 15733: Muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap; head and neck with named vascular pedicle (ie, buccinators, genioglossus, temporalis, masseter, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae)

    Also known as:

    • Full Thickness Skin Graft (Face)
    • Facial Skin Graft
    • Free Skin Graft (Nose/Ears/Eyelids/Lips)
    • Full Thickness Graft for Face
    • Cosmetic Skin Graft (Face)

    CPT Codes:

    • 15260: Full thickness graft, free, including direct closure of donor site, nose, ears, eyelids, and/or lips; 20 sq cm or less

    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:

    • Adenoid Removal (Age 12 or Older)
    • Adult Adenoidectomy
    • Removal of Adenoids (Older Child/Adult)
    • Adenoid Gland Excision

    CPT Codes:

    • 42831: Adenoidectomy, primary; age 12 or over

    Also known as:

    • Nasal Turbinate Reduction (Superficial)
    • Inferior turbinate ablation
    • Nasal passage opening surgery
    • Radiofrequency turbinate reduction

    CPT Codes:

    • 30801: Ablation, soft tissue of inferior turbinates, unilateral or bilateral, any method (eg, electrocautery, radiofrequency ablation, or tissue volume reduction); superficial

    Also known as:

    • Skull Base Encephalocele Repair
    • Craniotomy for encephalocele
    • Brain hernia repair (skull base)
    • Skull base defect surgery
    • Encephalocele surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 62121: Craniotomy for repair of encephalocele, skull base

    Does Dr. Carfrae accept my insurance?

    Dr. Carfrae accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (515) 418-9960 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Carfrae accept in Clive, IA?

    Dr. Carfrae in Clive, IA 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

    • Crown Cork and Seal Company

    • CVS Health (formerly Aetna)

    • Department of Veterans Affairs

    • Medicare

    • State of Iowa

    • State of Tennessee

    • UnitedHealthcare

    • Wellmark BlueCross BlueShield

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    Where is Dr. Carfrae's office located?

    Dr. Matthew Carfrae's Primary Practice

    12499 University Ave Ste 200

    Clive, IA 50325

    (515) 418-9960

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

    Dr. Carfrae's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1861614646.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Carfrae?

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

    What is Dr. Matthew Carfrae's specialty?

    Dr. Carfrae is a Otologist & Neurotologist near Clive, IA. 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. Carfrae to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Matthew Carfrae affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Carfrae is affiliated with St. Anthony Regional Hospital, UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center which are a Castle Connolly Top Hospitals. 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

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    Is Matthew Carfrae accepting new patients in Clive, IA?

    Yes, Dr. Matthew Carfrae is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Matthew Carfrae offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Carfrae's office at (515) 418-9960 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Matthew Carfrae?

    Please contact Dr. Carfrae's office at (515) 418-9960 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

    Which board certifications does Dr. Matthew Carfrae have?

    Dr. Matthew Carfrae is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.

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