Dr. Earl Crouch, MD

CPT Codes:

• 67311: Strabismus surgery, recession or resection procedure; 1 horizontal muscle
• 67332: Strabismus surgery on patient with scarring of extraocular muscles (eg, prior ocular injury, strabismus or retinal detachment surgery) or restrictive myopathy (eg, dysthyroid ophthalmopathy) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
• 67314: Strabismus surgery, recession or resection procedure; 1 vertical muscle (excluding superior oblique)
• 67320: Transposition procedure (eg, for paretic extraocular muscle), any extraocular muscle (specify) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
• 67312: Strabismus surgery, recession or resection procedure; 2 horizontal muscles
• 67331: Strabismus surgery on patient with previous eye surgery or injury that did not involve the extraocular muscles (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
• 67340: Strabismus surgery involving exploration and/or repair of detached extraocular muscle(s) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

CPT Codes:

• 67343: Release of extensive scar tissue without detaching extraocular muscle (separate procedure)
• 67036: Vitrectomy, mechanical, pars plana approach;
• 65875: Severing adhesions of anterior segment of eye, incisional technique (with or without injection of air or liquid) (separate procedure); posterior synechiae
• 66635: Iridectomy, with corneoscleral or corneal section; optical (separate procedure)
• 66821: Discission of secondary membranous cataract (opacified posterior lens capsule and/or anterior hyaloid); laser surgery (eg, YAG laser) (1 or more stages)
• 68110: Excision of lesion, conjunctiva; up to 1 cm
• 65870: Severing adhesions of anterior segment of eye, incisional technique (with or without injection of air or liquid) (separate procedure); anterior synechiae, except goniosynechiae

CPT Codes:

• 68816: Probing of nasolacrimal duct, with or without irrigation; with transluminal balloon catheter dilation
• 68811: Probing of nasolacrimal duct, with or without irrigation; requiring general anesthesia
• 68815: Probing of nasolacrimal duct, with or without irrigation; with insertion of tube or stent

CPT Codes:

• 67808: Excision of chalazion; under general anesthesia and/or requiring hospitalization, single or multiple
• 67700: Blepharotomy, drainage of abscess, eyelid
• 67840: Excision of lesion of eyelid (except chalazion) without closure or with simple direct closure

CPT Codes:

• 66984: Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation
• 66850: Removal of lens material; phacofragmentation technique (mechanical or ultrasonic) (eg, phacoemulsification), with aspiration
• 66830: Removal of secondary membranous cataract (opacified posterior lens capsule and/or anterior hyaloid) with corneo-scleral section, with or without iridectomy (iridocapsulotomy, iridocapsulectomy)

CPT Codes:

• 67935: Suture of recent wound, eyelid, involving lid margin, tarsus, and/or palpebral conjunctiva direct closure; full thickness

CPT Codes:

• 67412: Orbitotomy without bone flap (frontal or transconjunctival approach); with removal of lesion
• 67400: Orbitotomy without bone flap (frontal or transconjunctival approach); for exploration, with or without biopsy

CPT Codes:

• 66982: Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1-stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification), complex, requiring devices or techniques not generally used in routine cataract surgery (eg, iris expansion device, suture support for intraocular lens, or primary posterior capsulorrhexis) or performed on patients in the amblyogenic developmental stage; without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation

CPT Codes:

• 67229: Treatment of extensive or progressive retinopathy, 1 or more sessions, preterm infant (less than 37 weeks gestation at birth), performed from birth up to 1 year of age (eg, retinopathy of prematurity), photocoagulation or cryotherapy

CPT Codes:

• 67228: Treatment of extensive or progressive retinopathy (eg, diabetic retinopathy), photocoagulation

CPT Codes:

• 65220: Removal of foreign body, external eye; corneal, without slit lamp

CPT Codes:

• 65222: Removal of foreign body, external eye; corneal, with slit lamp