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Keep Unilateral Rules Straight for Strabismus Success

Published on Wed Apr 13, 2016

Two muscles in one eye does not equal one muscle in both eyes. So how did you do with our strabismus scenarios? Check our expert answers below. Answer 1: B. The strabismus CPT® codes, 67311-67318, are all inherently unilateral, meaning they were performed on one eye only. Therefore, if the ophthalmic surgeon performs the same procedure on both eyes, you [...]
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