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Code Punctal Occlusion Procedures With Precision

Published on Fri Apr 17, 2026

Pay attention to eyelid locations for correct E modifier usage. For millions of people across the United States, dry eyes quickly turn a good day into a day of suffering, with itching, tearing, feelings of grit or foreign body, or general eye ache. Dry eye syndrome (DES) occurs when the eye doesn’t adequately produce natural tears, or the tears that [...]
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