AMA CPT® Assistant - 2022 Issue 5 (May)

Coding Brief: Reporting Goniotomy With Other Glaucoma Surgery (May 2022)

May 2022 page 14 Coding Brief: Reporting Goniotomy With Other Glaucoma Surgery Over the past several years, the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale (RVS) Update Committee (RUC) monitored the utilization of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes 66174, Transluminal dilation of aqueous outflow canal; without retention of device or stent, and 66175, Transluminal dilation of aqueous outflow canal; with retention of device or stent. After much data collection and analysis, it was determined that although the utilization of these services did not increase, code 66174 was often reported together with code 65820, Goniotomy. However, because the...

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