AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 1 (January)

Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa (Q&A) (January 2019)

January 2019 page 14b Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa Question: A lesion is excised from the eyelid. Should a code from the Integumentary System section be reported, or is it more appropriate to report a code from the Eye and Ocular Adnexa section? Answer: The answer depends on what type of tissue is excised. It is appropriate to report CPT code 67840, Excision of lesion of eyelid (except chalazion) without closure or with simple direct closure, when a lesion is excised from the eyelid, which typically includes the lid margin, tarsus, and/or palpebral conjunctiva. If the excised lesion is...

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