AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 6 (June)
Eye and Ocular Adnexa (June 2004)
June 2004 page 10b Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Eye and Ocular Adnexa, 67227, 67039 (Q&A) Question If a patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy undergoes treatment involving a pars plana vitrectomy as well as cryopexy destruction to treat the diabetic retinopathy, should code 67227 be reported or should two codes be assigned to describe the vitrectomy and cryopexy procedures? AMA Comment Two CPT codes should be reported to describe the differing surgical techniques performed in different posterior segment anatomy (ie, vitreous and retinal blood vessels). CPT code 67227, Destruction of extensive or progressive retinopathy (eg, diabetic retinopathy), one or...
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