Wiki Amniotic membrane

[codedog]

If the doctor did an excision of pterygium of eye and used an amniotic membrane graft, is the graft included in cpt code 65426 , or is 65780 at better choice ?

 

[jdrueppel]

Per CPT description 65426 includes the graft and would be the correct code.

Julie, CPC

 

[codedog]

thanks ,