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Upper lid dermatochalasis, bilateral eyelids

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Upper lid dermatochalasis, bilateral eyelids

How would you code this Upper lid dermatochalasis, bilateral eyelids?

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374.87: Dermatochalasis. There is no code for bilateral so I would just use the basic code.

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Hi,

For Dermatochalasis use 374.87.There is no bilateral code in ICD.

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