AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 7 (July)

Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa (Q&A) (July 2017)

July 2017 page 10a Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa Question: What code should be reported for a selective facial myectomy on a patient with apraxia of eyelid opening and blepharospasm? The surgeon performs a myectomy of the orbicularis oculi muscle of the upper eyelid and a frontalis suspension blepharoptosis repair (67901). The only code found for myectomy is 67399, Unlisted procedure, extraocular muscle. Is this the correct code to report? Answer: No, report code 67999, Unlisted procedure, eyelids, for the myectomy portion of this procedure. When reporting an unlisted procedure code, it is necessary to submit supporting documentation (eg...

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