AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 8 (August)

Special Ophthalmologic Services (August 2012)

August 2012 page 9 Special Ophthalmologic Services There are several changes to the Eye and Ocular Adnexa, and Special Ophthalmologic Services subsections of the CPT 2012 code set that depict new and emerging technology as well as updates to services to better reflect current clinical practice. Eyeball/Repair of Laceration A parenthetical instruction was added following CPT code 65285 to note that codes 65280 and 65285 are not used for cutaneous surgical wound repair, as they are intended to be reported for trauma to the globe of the eye. 65270Repair of laceration; conjunctiva, with or without nonperforating laceration sclera, direct...

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