AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 10 (October)

Eyelid Repair: Brow Ptosis, Blepharoptosis, Lid Retraction, Ectropion, Entropion (October 2006)

October 2006 pages 11-12 Coding Communication:Eyelid Repair: Brow Ptosis, Blepharoptosis, Lid Retraction, Ectropion, Entropion The series of CPT codes used to report repair of various eyebrow and eyelid defects is 67900- 67924. Two codes within that series--67901 and 67902--were revised for 2006 to more usefully distinguish different methods of repair of blepharoptosis by frontalis suspension. The descriptors now distinguish the methods based on whether the surgeon harvests autologous fascia for use as a suspension material vs use of an alternative suspension material (eg, fascia obtained from a tissue bank). In the first method (67901), the physician harvests the fascia...

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