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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 7 (July)
Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa (July 2007)
July 2007 page 12b
Coding Communication:Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa
Question
The physician documents in
his operative report the components of code
67108; however, instead of the focal endolaser
photocoagulation, he performs a panretinal
endolaser photocoagulation. Is it appropriate to
report codes 67108 and 67040 because code
67108 does not specify endolaser panretinal
photocoagulation?
AMA Comment
It is appropriate to report code 67108,
Repair of retinal detachment; with vitrectomy, any
method, with or without air or gas tamponade, focal
endolaser photocoagulation, cryotherapy, drainage of
subretinal fluid, scleral buckling, and/or removal of
lens by same technique, and 67040, Vitrectomy,
mechanical...
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