Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
Don't Cry Over Cryotherapy Codes
Question: My ophthalmologist is doing removal of a malignant conjunctival growth in the hospital with cryotherapy. I'm not sure which procedure code to use. Answer: Report 68135 (Destruction of lesion, conjunctiva). However, if the ophthalmologist also has to perform a conjunctivoplasty, report code 68320 (Conjunctivoplasty; with conjunctival graft or extensive rearrangement). NCCI bundles 68135 into 68320, so don't report them separately. - Advice for You Be the Coder and Reader Questions provided by Maggie M. Mac, CMM, CPC, CMSCS, consulting manager for Pershing, Yoakley & Associates in Clearwater, Fla; and Raequell Duran, president of Practice Solutions, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
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Don't Cry Over Cryotherapy Codes
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