AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 3 (March)
Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa (Q&A) (March 2016)
March 2016 page 10c Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa Question: Does the use of Trypan Blue dye to stain dense cataract justify the use of a complicated cataract code 66982, Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1-stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification), complex, requiring devices or techniques not generally used in routine cataract surgery (eg, iris expansion device, suture support for intraocular lens, or primary posterior capsulorrhexis) or performed on patients in the amblyogenic developmental stage? Answer: No, the additional work of instilling and removing Trypan Blue dye from the...
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