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Dr. John Mcelveen, MD

Raleigh, NC

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Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Mcelveen, Otologist & Neurotologist in Raleigh, NC?

    Dr. John Mcelveen, MD is an Otologist & Neurotologist, who primarily practices in Raleigh, NC with 2 additional practice locations. He is board certified. Dr. Mcelveen graduated from Physician Assistant Studies, Barry University, FL and completed his residency at Stanford Med Ctr. Dr. Mcelveen is fluent in English and German, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Mcelveen’s practice accepts Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Mcelveen’s office at (919) 867-4327.

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

    • Residency: Stanford Med Ctr | University of Utah Program

    • Medical School: Physician Assistant Studies, Barry University, FL

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

    Yes, Dr. John Mcelveen, MD is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology

    What languages does Dr. Mcelveen speak?

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

    • English

    • German

    What conditions does Dr. Mcelveen treat?

    As an Otologist & Neurotologist, Dr. Mcelveen 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. Mcelveen. 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
    • 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:

    • 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

    Also known as:

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

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H6622: Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, left ear
    • H6621: Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, right ear

    Also known as:

    • Meniere's Disease
    • Ménière disease
    • Ménière's Syndrome
    • Endolymphatic Hydrops
    • Inner Ear Disorder

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H8102: Meniere's disease, left ear
    • H8101: Meniere's disease, right ear

    What procedures does Dr. Mcelveen perform?

    As an Otologist & Neurotologist, Dr. Mcelveen 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. Mcelveen. 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 Mastoid Surgery
    • Eardrum Repair with Hearing Bone Reconstruction
    • Stapedectomy
    • Stapedectomy for Hearing Loss
    • Ear Drum Scar Tissue Removal
    • Eardrum Repair with Middle Ear Surgery
    • Tympanoplasty
    • Middle Ear Repair
    • Eardrum Reconstruction
    • Tympanoplasty with Mastoidectomy
    • Middle Ear and Mastoid Surgery
    • Eardrum Reconstruction with Mastoidectomy
    • Tympanoplasty with Ossicular Reconstruction
    • Middle Ear Surgery
    • PORP/TORP Placement
    • Hearing Bone Repair
    • Stapedotomy
    • Middle Ear Bone Surgery
    • Hearing Restoration Surgery
    • Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
    • Footplate Drill Out
    • Tympanolysis
    • Transcanal tympanolysis
    • Middle ear scar tissue removal
    • Tympanoplasty with Mastoid Surgery
    • Ear Drum Reconstruction (without Ossicular Chain)

    CPT Codes:

    • 69631: Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revision; without ossicular chain reconstruction
    • 69643: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); with intact or reconstructed wall, 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])
    • 69660: Stapedectomy or stapedotomy with reestablishment of ossicular continuity, with or without use of foreign material;
    • 69661: Stapedectomy or stapedotomy with reestablishment of ossicular continuity, with or without use of foreign material; with footplate drill out
    • 69450: Tympanolysis, transcanal
    • 69635: Tympanoplasty with antrotomy or mastoidotomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy, middle ear surgery, and/or tympanic membrane repair); without ossicular chain reconstruction

    Also known as:

    • Cochlear Implant Surgery
    • Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid Implant
    • Bone-Anchored Hearing System Implant
    • Cochlear Implants
    • Cochlear Device Implantation
    • Hearing Implant Procedure
    • Inner Ear Implant
    • Osseointegrated hearing implant
    • BAHA implant
    • Skull hearing device
    • Osseointegrated skull implant
    • Bone conduction hearing implant
    • Magnetic hearing aid implant
    • 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
    • 69729: Implantation, osseointegrated implant, skull; with magnetic transcutaneous attachment to external speech processor, outside of the mastoid and resulting in removal of greater than or equal to 100 sq mm surface area of bone deep to the outer cranial cortex
    • 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:

    • 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:

    • Eardrum and Mastoid Bone Repair with Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
    • Tympanomastoidectomy
    • Middle Ear Reconstruction
    • Canal Wall Tympanoplasty

    CPT Codes:

    • 69644: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); with intact or reconstructed canal wall, with ossicular chain reconstruction

    Also known as:

    • Revision of Stapedectomy (Ear Bone Surgery)
    • Stapedectomy Revision
    • Stapedotomy Revision
    • Repeat Ear Bone Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 69662: Revision of stapedectomy or stapedotomy

    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:

    • 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:

    • Ear Tube Removal (Under Anesthesia)
    • Anesthesia
    • Myringotomy Tube Removal
    • Grommet Removal
    • Ventilation Tube Extraction

    CPT Codes:

    • 69424: Ventilating tube removal requiring general anesthesia

    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:

    • 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:

    • 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:

    • 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:

    • Complex Skull Base Surgery (Infratemporal Approach)
    • Repair of Brain Fluid Leak After Skull Base Surgery
    • Skull Base Tumor Removal
    • Complex Skull Base Surgery
    • Infratemporal Fossa Surgery
    • Middle Cranial Fossa Approach
    • Mastoidectomy with Skull Base Access
    • Dural Repair
    • CSF Leak Repair
    • Skull Base Graft Surgery
    • Posterior Cranial Fossa Lesion Excision
    • Jugular Foramen Tumor Resection
    • Foramen Magnum Lesion Removal
    • Cervical Vertebrae Lesion Excision
    • Transtemporal skull base surgery
    • Jugular foramen surgery
    • Mastoidectomy with facial nerve decompression

    CPT Codes:

    • 61591: Infratemporal post-auricular approach to middle cranial fossa (internal auditory meatus, petrous apex, tentorium, cavernous sinus, parasellar area, infratemporal fossa) including mastoidectomy, resection of sigmoid sinus, with or without decompression and/or mobilization of contents of auditory canal or petrous carotid artery
    • 61618: Secondary repair of dura for cerebrospinal fluid leak, anterior, middle or posterior cranial fossa following surgery of the skull base; by free tissue graft (eg, pericranium, fascia, tensor fascia lata, adipose tissue, homologous or synthetic grafts)
    • 61616: Resection or excision of neoplastic, vascular or infectious lesion of base of posterior cranial fossa, jugular foramen, foramen magnum, or C1-C3 vertebral bodies; intradural, including dural repair, with or without graft
    • 61595: Transtemporal approach to posterior cranial fossa, jugular foramen or midline skull base, including mastoidectomy, decompression of sigmoid sinus and/or facial nerve, with or without mobilization

    Also known as:

    • Skull Defect Repair
    • Cranioplasty
    • Skull Reconstruction
    • Head Bone Repair

    CPT Codes:

    • 62141: Cranioplasty for skull defect; larger than 5 cm diameter

    Also known as:

    • Binocular Microscopy Exam
    • Microscopic Examination
    • Stereomicroscopy
    • Diagnostic Microscopy

    CPT Codes:

    • 92504: Binocular microscopy (separate diagnostic procedure)

    Does Dr. Mcelveen accept my insurance?

    Dr. Mcelveen accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (919) 867-4327 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Mcelveen accept in Raleigh, NC?

    Dr. Mcelveen in Raleigh, NC accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

    • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

    • CVS Health (formerly Aetna)

    • Department of Defense / Tricare

    • Elevance Health Inc. (formerly Anthem)

    • Express Scripts

    • Humana

    • Medicare

    • State of North Carolina

    • UnitedHealthcare

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    Where is Dr. Mcelveen's office located?

    Dr. John Mcelveen's Primary Practice

    5900 Six Forks Rd Ste 200

    Raleigh, NC 27609

    (919) 867-4327

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    Dr. John Mcelveen's Practice 2

    200 Patewood Dr

    Greenville, SC 29615

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    Dr. John Mcelveen's Practice 3

    1 Doctors Dr

    Greenville, SC 29605

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

    Dr. Mcelveen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1447259858.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Mcelveen?

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

    What is Dr. John Mcelveen's specialty?

    Dr. Mcelveen is a Otologist & Neurotologist near Raleigh, NC. 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. Mcelveen to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. John Mcelveen affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Mcelveen is affiliated with Duke University Hospital, Prisma Health Patewood Hospital, Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital, WakeMed Raleigh Campus, UNC Health Southeastern, UNC Health Rex 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 John Mcelveen accepting new patients in Raleigh, NC?

    Yes, Dr. John Mcelveen is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. John Mcelveen offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Mcelveen's office at (919) 867-4327 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with John Mcelveen?

    Please contact Dr. Mcelveen's office at (919) 867-4327 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

    Which board certifications does Dr. John Mcelveen have?

    Dr. John Mcelveen is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.

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