AMA CPT® Assistant - 2022 Issue 11 (November)

Coding Correction: Reporting Goniotomy (65820) (November 2022)

November 2022 page 18 Coding Correction: Reporting Goniotomy (65820) In the article, “Coding Clarification: Reporting Goniotomy (65829)” in the August 2022 issue of CPT® Assistant (p 1), the first Q&A’s answer was missing a word. Please see the following revised answer with the missing word underlined. Following is the original Q&A from the August 2022 issue: Question: Is code 65820 the appropriate code to report when a surgeon uses a tool or device to create one or more punctures in the trabecular meshwork to inject small amounts of viscoelastic material into Schlemm’s canal? Answer: No, the procedure...

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