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Pituitary Adenoma With VF Defect

Question: How would you code a visual field defect arising from pituitary adenoma?Florida SubscriberAnswer: In this case, pituitary adenoma is most likely the cause of the visual field defect. Therefore, you would code the tumor as the secondary diagnosis with 239.7 (Neoplasm of unspecified nature of other specified sites).For the visual field examination, you can use any of the following CPT codes depending on the case:92081 -- Visual field examination, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report; limited examination (e.g., tangent screen, Autoplot, arc perimeter, or single stimulus level automated test, such as Octopus 3 or 7 equivalent)92082 -- ... intermediate examination (e.g., at least 2 isopters on Goldmann perimeter, or semiquantitative, automated suprathreshold screening program, Humphrey suprathreshold automatic diagnostic test ...92083 -- ... extended examination (e.g., Goldmann visual fields with at least 3 isopters plotted and static determination within the central 30 degrees, or quantitative automated threshold perimetry, Octopus program G-1, 32 [...]
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