AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 9 (September)

Eye to Eye (September 2005)

September 2005 page 5 Coding Communication:Eye to Eye A new code has been established to describe the endoscopic approach for photocoagulation of the ciliary body for the treatment of glaucoma. This article will give a brief definition of glaucoma before explaining the endoscopic photocoagulation of the ciliary body technique. Stedman's Medical Dictionary defines glaucoma as "a disease of the eye characterized by increased intraocular pressure and excavation and atrophy of the eye characterized by increased intraocular pressure and excavation and atrophy of the optic nerve. It produces defects in the visual field and may result in blindness." Glaucoma...

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