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my provider was performing cataract surgery and the vitreous prolapsed so he did an anterior vitrectomy. How would you code this. Please help!
 
  • An unplanned vitrectomy is performed when vitreous inadvertently prolapses into the anterior segment of the eye during cataract surgery, and the vitrectomy was not scheduled at the time of admission to the ASC.
  • For purposes of this measure, only the following CPT cataract surgery codes should be used:
    • 66982: Cataract surgery with insertion of intraocular lens, complex
    • 66983: Cataract surgery, intracapsular, with insertion of intraocular lens
    • 66984: Cataract surgery, extracapsular, with insertion of intraocular lens
    • 67005: Removal of vitreous, anterior approach (open sky technique or limbal incision); partial removal
 
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