CPT^® 67875, Under Tarsorrhaphy Procedures on the Eyelids

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 67875 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Tarsorrhaphy Procedures on the Eyelids.

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The provider temporarily sutures the eyelids closed. This procedure is done to immobilize the eyelids after surgery to allow the eye to heal or to protect and relieve a painful or eroded cornea.

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67875 doesn't quite fit

Provider puts Dermabond adhesive on steri-strips pulled the top eyelid down to the bottom to anchor until patient could be seen later in the week for chronic misdirected eyelashes by his optometrist. ... [ Read More ]

freeing eye muscle from scar tissue

Physician performed the folloiwng procedures: 1. repair of orbital floor fracture with implant, right side 2. open reduction and internal fixation of malar fracture, greater than one apporach- right s... [ Read More ]

Gold Weight Removal

I have a patient who originally had 67912 (correction of lagopthlamus, with implantation of upper eyelid load); the gold weight is protuding and the surgeon is going to now remove the gold weight and ... [ Read More ]

HELP!!! Incompetent Socket

A socket reconstruction with reformation of both the supeior and inferior fornices, central tarsorrhaphy, conformer which was sutured in place and mucous membrane graft from the lower lid. Ellman rad... [ Read More ]

Help coding eyelid surgery.

I'll take a stab at this.... I'm looking at 67971 or 67973 and 67875...Per CCI edits 67950 bundles.... [ Read More ]

Occular Reconstruction help please.

Try this 67973 e4 15260 67875 (frost suture) you would not code 67950 (canthoplasty) not sure if that was done and if it was it is bundled with 67973... [ Read More ]

Which modifier for ectropian/entropion repairs?

Am I supposed to use the E modifiers or just LT/RT FOR THESE EYE PROCEDURES ... 67924 67875 67917 67875 67904 67921 67840 These are a few I am working on ...also I don't see any CCI edits and th... [ Read More ]

resection of lower eyelid

please help with the following op note patient had a subciliary incision was made in the diseased meibomian glands. The dysplastic epithelium andthe tarsus of the lower eyelid resected in a wedge re... [ Read More ]

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