The physician creates an opening in the opaque posterior lens capsule of the patients right eye by cutting an inverted u shape i
n the tissue. the cut is made using a yag laser. the tissue within the inverted u falls down, and out of the patients field of vision. the procedure is done to improve the vision of a patient with a secondary cataract. what cpt® code is reported?
When an ophthalmologist performs a secondary cataract removal by creating an opening in the opaque posterior lens capsule of the patient's right eye by cutting an inverted u shape in the tissue. the cut is made using a YAG laser. the tissue within the inverted u falls down, and out of the patient's field of vision, the correct way to code this procedure is CPT code 66850
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code is a medical code describing medical, surgical, or diagnostic services designed to pass on uniform information about medical services and procedures.
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