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Old 04-24-2008, 01:08 PM
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Default Repair blowout fx w/canthoplasty

We have a physician that always states he is performaing a canthoplasty 67950 along with 21390 (periorbital repair of blowout fx transconjuctival approch). Seems to me the canthoplasty would be included in the fx repair. Any thoughts ??
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I would think so to, however the CCI edits do not bundle the two, The lay description for the orbital blow out doesnt include the reconstruction of the canthus...so I think its really going to be based on his documentation of the canthoplasty.
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