AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 2 (February)
Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa (Q&A) (February 2017)
February 2017 page 14c Surgery: Eye and Ocular Adnexa Question: A 17-year-old female with a history of a drifting left eye presents with poor vision and a total retinal detachment in the left eye. In the operating room, she undergoes drainage of subretinal fluid and both cryotherapy and laser to a vascular tumor. If two different technologies (photocoagulation and cryotherapy) are used in the same session, may both code 67101, Repair of retinal detachment, including drainage of subretinal fluid when performed; cryotherapy, and code 67105, Repair of retinal detachment, including drainage of subretinal fluid when performed; photocoagulation, be reported...
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