AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2022 Issue 3; In This Issue

Surgery section code update Part 3: Eye and ocular adnexa and auditory systems

The First and Second Quarter issues of Coding Clinic for HCPCS for 2022 highlighted the created/revised/deleted CPT codes that became effective for 2022 from the integumentary, musculoskeletal, urinary, and nervous systems. This article will address the created/revised/deleted codes in the eye and ocular adnexa section and auditory system that became effective for 2022.Eye and ocular adnexa (anterior segment)Category I codes 66989 and 66991 were created for cataract removal with the insertion of aqueous drainage devices into the trabecular meshwork. Code 66989 identifies a complex procedure. This code includes extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of an intraocular...

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