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CPT® 67229, Under Destruction Procedures on the Retina or Choroid

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 67229 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Destruction Procedures on the Retina or Choroid.

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In this procedure the provider uses a laser to destroy the pathological portion of the retina or the photosensitive inner surface within the eye of a preterm baby who was born before the completion of 37 weeks of pregnancy. He may perform this procedure on a child from birth up to the age of one year.

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Please see my exerpt from the AMA: Lay Description Ophthalmoscopy allows a complete view of the back of the eye. After the pupils have been dilated, views of the retina are seen with the indirec... [ Read More ]
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