AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 1 (January)
Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa (Q&A) (January 2017)
January 2017 page 7a Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa Question: The patient had surgery for bilateral lateral rectus recessions of 5 mm with tendon transposition ½ tendon width up, and excision of a tendon cyst in the right eye. Does code 68110, Excision of lesion, conjunctiva; up to 1 cm, completely describe this procedure? Answer: No, code 68110 is reported for the excision of the tendon cyst. However, the strabismus repair is additionally reported using code 67311, Strabismus surgery, recession or resection procedure; 1 horizontal muscle, with modifier 50 appended. Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa (Q&A) (January 2017)...
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