A 53 year-old woman with scarring of the right cornea has significant corneal thinning with a high risk of perforation and under
went reconstruction of the ocular surface. The eye is incised and an operating microscope is used with sponges and forceps to debride necrotic corneal epithelium. Preserved human amniotic membrane is first removed from the storage medium and transplanted by trimming the membrane to fit the thinning area of the cornea then sutured. This process was repeated three times until the area of thinning is flush with surrounding normal thickness cornea. All of the knots are buried and a bandage contact lens is placed with topical antibiotic steroid ointment. What CPT® code is reported?
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a group of codes used in a hospital setting to refer to various procedures, such as surgeries, tests, transfusions, applications, vaccines, and other procedures performed by any professional on a medical team. These codes serve to expedite and enable the exchange of information within medical staff more efficiently.
The patient shown in the above question is undergoing an amniotic membrane transplant procedure. For this procedure, the code entered by the CPT is 65780.
