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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 6 (June)
Surgery/Eye and Ocular Adnexa (June 2009)
June 2009 page 10b
Questions and Answers:Surgery/Eye and Ocular Adnexa
Question: What is the appropriate CPT code to use when an
orbital lesion such as a cyst or abscess is drained by incision?
Answer: It would be appropriate to code CPT 67405,
Orbitotomy without bone flap (frontal or transconjunctival approach); with drainage
only, when an orbital lesion such as a cyst or abscess is so drained.
Surgery/Eye and Ocular Adnexa (June 2009). CPT® Assistant. 2009; June 2009 page 10b
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