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CPT® 67961, Under Reconstruction Procedures on the Eyelids

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 67961 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Reconstruction Procedures on the Eyelids.

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The provider excises damaged or diseased tissue of the eyelid that may include the edges of the lid, the lid’s inner plate, the membrane lining of the lid, or the corner where the lids come together. He may apply a skin graft, moving tissue from an adjacent area, to fill in the defect of up to one fourth of the edge of the eyelid.

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Mohs eyelid repair
Thank you for your reply. I did end up billing a flap procedure and not the 67961.... [ Read More ]
Mohs eyelid repair
These are mutually exclusive because 17311 and 67961 are both excision codes - you wouldn't code a separate eyelid excision since the Mohs procedure already encompasses this. A repair/reconstruction ... [ Read More ]
Mohs eyelid repair
Has anyone billed a Mohs procedure with lower eyelid repair using lower eyelid tarsus reconstruction and a rotation flap? I think my provider is wanting to bill 17311, 17312, and 67961 but these are m... [ Read More ]
oculoplastics coding
i feel 67924 would be appropriate but in the parenthetical notes below there is an entry that may also apply entropion requiring scar excision 67961; would that be applicable in this case?... [ Read More ]
Excision of lesion of lateral canthus
Doctor wants to bill 67840 for a lesion located RLL/lateral canthus - excision was more than just skin and involved the orbicularis and the lesion rested on the lateral orbital rim. it was 1.4cm. It d... [ Read More ]
Do I code 67961 or 67916
Can someone help me decipher which to code please? PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES: Bilateral lower eyelid ectropion with horizontal lid laxity. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES: Bilateral lower eyelid ectropion wit... [ Read More ]
Closure codes
25075 -RT (FOREARM) 25076 -XS/RT (WRIST) 14020 - forearm closure 12031 - wrist (check edits for bundling) Lower lid: 67961 - im getting directed to this in the index for the tissue transfer...make s... [ Read More ]
Closure codes
PROCEDURES 2,3,5 I would go with 67961 - E4, also feels like procedure 1 is also included with this code...it does feel like there could be some other codes for the cheek flap procedures 6,7 - 11402 ... [ Read More ]
Coding Help!!! New to Eyes!
[QUOTE="silver3407, post: 343829, member: 296631"]Could you let me know how you would code this? I feel its one way but I'm new to coding eyes Please Help POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES: 1. Basal cell carc... [ Read More ]
Excision and Repair Eyelid
Another doctor performed an excision of a malignant lesion of the eyelid. My doctor performed repair of the lid. Would it be appropriate to use these codes if only tissue removed (skin,muscle,cartilag... [ Read More ]
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