CPT^® 65400, Under Excision Procedures on the Cornea

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 65400 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Cornea.

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Summary

In this procedure, the provider excises a thin layer from the surface of the cornea, the front portion of the eye that focuses light on the lens, to remove a mass, scar tissue, or other lesion, excluding a pterygium.

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Superficial Keratectomy

CDR for code 65435 [Removal of corneal epithelium; with or without chemocauterization (abrasion, curettage)] states: "In cases of corneal [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]erosion[/COLOR] or degeneration, the p... [ Read More ]

Ophthalmology Question

I have a physician that performed a Phototherapeutic Keratectomy In the right eye. The only cpt code that I could find for this procedure is 65400, but this is for a lesion. He is just removing scar t... [ Read More ]

Superficial Keratectomy

I am trying to determine which is the appropriate code to use 65400 or 65435 for the following: The lid speculum was inserted between the lids, and a 57 blade was used to remove the corneal epitheliu... [ Read More ]

65400 ptk 65400 day paid rate reduced

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Corneal Debridement

Patient has Salzmann's nodular degeneration/corneal scarring of the right eye. The physician excised the scarring. The physician's office reported 65430, but the description of that code states "In th... [ Read More ]

Cpt for ptk

PTK is 65400... [ Read More ]

Help in coding op report

[b]65782 is correct[/b] the 65400 states excision of lesion, cornea..except the pterygium which is an incorrect code. The 65782 is more appropriate to use and includes obtaining the graft.... [ Read More ]

Coding Question/

How would you code the following op report? I am leaning towards 65756, 65400 On the day of surgery, the patient was brought back to the operating room placed, in the supine position on the operat... [ Read More ]

Correct sx coding

Could 65400 and 65450 both be allowed for the same eye at the same TOS?... [ Read More ]

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