tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 35

CPT 2008: Prepare To Specify Your Doctor's Approach To Retina Surgery

No more unlisted code for Lucentis next yearHeads up: If your ophthalmologist performs retina surgeries, prepare for a new wave of coding rules come January. CPT 2008 will offer you approach-specific codes for some common procedures, and HCPCS 2008 brings a J code for Lucentis. Scratch this code: CPT 2008 will delete 67038 (Vitrectomy, mechanical, pars plana approach; with epiretinal membrane stripping) and add three new codes for vitrectomy procedures. The new codes let you specify the method your physician uses to remove the retinal membrane.You-ll have to get used to the different types of vitrectomy to be...

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