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Dr. Phillip Tenzel, MD

Fort Worth, TX

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    Who is Dr. Tenzel, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in Fort Worth, TX?

    Dr. Phillip Tenzel, MD is an Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, who primarily practices in Fort Worth, TX with 2 additional practice locations. Dr. Tenzel is fluent in English and Spanish, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Tenzel’s practice accepts Cigna, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Tenzel’s office at (954) 491-1111.

    What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Tenzel?

    Dr. Phillip Tenzel, MD is a highly-rated, board-certified Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions or procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Tenzel empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, Lacrimal Gland Disorders, Non-Surgical Facial Rejuvenation, Oculofacial Plastic Surgery, Oculoplastic & Orbital Surgery, or comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Fort Worth/TX community, Dr. Tenzel is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.

    What languages does Dr. Tenzel speak?

    Dr. Tenzel and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    • Spanish

    What conditions does Dr. Tenzel treat?

    As an Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr. Tenzel diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Tenzel. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Baggy Eyelids
    • Droopy Eyelid
    • Blepharospasm
    • Eyelid Turning Outward
    • Eyelid Disorder
    • Benign essential blepharospasm
    • Droopy eyelids
    • Excess eyelid skin
    • Dermatochalasis
    • Ptosis
    • Eyelid Droop
    • Falling Eyelid
    • Muscle-Related Eyelid Droop
    • Eyelid Spasms
    • Benign Essential Blepharospasm
    • Involuntary Eye Twitching
    • Everted Eyelid
    • Eyelid Eversion
    • Senile Ectropion
    • Spastic Ectropion

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H02831: Dermatochalasis of right upper eyelid
    • H02423: Myogenic ptosis of bilateral eyelids
    • G245: Blepharospasm
    • H02132: Senile ectropion of right lower eyelid

    Also known as:

    • Skin Tumor of Uncertain Behavior
    • Skin Condition
    • Skin Neoplasm
    • Skin Growth
    • Uncertain Skin Lesion

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • D485: Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin

    Also known as:

    • Tumor of Uncertain Behavior
    • Uncertain Neoplasm
    • Growth of Unknown Nature
    • Indeterminate Tumor

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • D487: Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other specified sites

    Also known as:

    • Drooping Eyebrows in Both Eyes
    • Eyelid Disorder
    • Bilateral Brow Ptosis
    • Sagging Eyebrows Both Sides
    • Eyebrow Droop

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H57813: Brow ptosis, bilateral

    What procedures does Dr. Tenzel perform?

    As an Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr. Tenzel performs a variety of medical procedures. This procedure information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical procedures most commonly performed by Dr. Tenzel. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Upper Eyelid Lift (Blepharoplasty)
    • Droopy Eyelid Repair
    • Extensive Ectropion Repair
    • Temporary Eyelid Closure
    • Eyelid Turning In Repair
    • Eyelid Lesion Removal
    • Droopy Eyelid Repair (Ptosis Surgery)
    • Ptosis Repair (Fasanella-Servat Type)
    • Eyelid Retraction Correction
    • Eyelid Corner Reconstruction (Canthoplasty)
    • Lower Eyelid Lift with Fat Removal
    • Eyelid Lesion Removal and Repair
    • Chalazion Removal
    • Eyelid Repair (Extensive)
    • Droopy Eyelid Repair (Ptosis Repair)
    • Upper Eyelid Lift
    • Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
    • Droopy Eyelid Surgery
    • Upper Eyelid Reduction
    • Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery
    • Ptosis Repair
    • Blepharoptosis Correction
    • Levator Resection
    • Eyelid Lift Surgery
    • Eyelid Ectropion Surgery
    • Tarsal Strip Operation
    • Lower Eyelid Repair
    • Outward Turning Eyelid Repair
    • Eyelid suturing
    • Frost suture procedure
    • Temporary tarsorrhaphy
    • Entropion Repair
    • Inward Eyelid Surgery
    • Tarsal Strip Repair
    • Eyelid growth removal
    • Eyelid bump excision
    • Eyelid skin lesion surgery
    • Blepharoptosis Repair
    • Ptosis Correction
    • Levator Resection for Ptosis
    • Eyelid retraction repair
    • Lower eyelid retraction surgery
    • Fix pulled back eyelid
    • Canthoplasty
    • Eyelid corner repair
    • Eye shape surgery
    • Reconstructive eyelid surgery
    • Lower Blepharoplasty
    • Eye Bag Removal
    • Transconjunctival Blepharoplasty
    • Eyelid Margin Excision and Repair
    • Full Thickness Eyelid Repair
    • Eyelid Reconstruction
    • Eyelid Cyst Excision
    • Stye Removal Surgery
    • Meibomian Cyst Removal
    • Blepharoptosis repair
    • Eyelid lift for ptosis
    • Frontalis sling for droopy eyelid
    • Upper Blepharoplasty
    • Eyelid Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 15823: Blepharoplasty, upper eyelid; with excessive skin weighting down lid
    • 67903: Repair of blepharoptosis; (tarso) levator resection or advancement, internal approach
    • 67917: Repair of ectropion; extensive (eg, tarsal strip operations)
    • 67875: Temporary closure of eyelids by suture (eg, Frost suture)
    • 67924: Repair of entropion; extensive (eg, tarsal strip or capsulopalpebral fascia repairs operation)
    • 67840: Excision of lesion of eyelid (except chalazion) without closure or with simple direct closure
    • 67904: Repair of blepharoptosis; (tarso) levator resection or advancement, external approach
    • 67908: Repair of blepharoptosis; conjunctivo-tarso-Muller's muscle-levator resection (eg, Fasanella-Servat type)
    • 67911: Correction of lid retraction
    • 67950: Canthoplasty (reconstruction of canthus)
    • 15821: Blepharoplasty, Lower Eyelid; With Extensive Herniated Fat Pad
    • 67961: Excision and repair of eyelid, involving lid margin, tarsus, conjunctiva, canthus, or full thickness, may include preparation for skin graft or pedicle flap with adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement; up to one-fourth of lid margin
    • 67800: Excision of chalazion; single
    • 67966: Excision and repair of eyelid, involving lid margin, tarsus, conjunctiva, canthus, or full thickness, may include preparation for skin graft or pedicle flap with adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement; over one-fourth of lid margin
    • 67901: Repair of blepharoptosis; frontalis muscle technique with suture or other material (eg, banked fascia)
    • 15822: Blepharoplasty, upper eyelid;

    Also known as:

    • Facial Tissue Transfer (Eyelids, Nose, Ears, Lips)
    • Local Flap Surgery
    • Adjacent Tissue Rearrangement
    • Facial Reconstruction

    CPT Codes:

    • 14060: Adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement, eyelids, nose, ears and/or lips; defect 10 sq cm or less

    Also known as:

    • Full Thickness Skin Graft (Face)
    • Skin Substitute Graft (Small Area)
    • Facial Skin Graft
    • Free Skin Graft (Nose/Ears/Eyelids/Lips)
    • Full Thickness Graft for Face
    • Cosmetic Skin Graft (Face)
    • Artificial Skin Graft
    • Wound Covering Application
    • Skin Replacement Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 15260: Full thickness graft, free, including direct closure of donor site, nose, ears, eyelids, and/or lips; 20 sq cm or less
    • 15275: Application of skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; first 25 sq cm or less wound surface area

    Also known as:

    • Surgical Preparation for Skin Graft (Infants/Children)
    • Surgery
    • Wound Debridement for Graft
    • Burn Scar Release Surgery
    • Recipient Site Preparation for Skin Repair

    CPT Codes:

    • 15004: Surgical preparation or creation of recipient site by excision of open wounds, burn eschar, or scar (including subcutaneous tissues), or incisional release of scar contracture, face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet and/or multiple digits; first 100 sq cm or 1% of body area of infants and children

    Also known as:

    • Skin Flap Surgery
    • Tissue Transfer
    • Local Flap Reconstruction
    • Adjacent Tissue Rearrangement

    CPT Codes:

    • 14040: Adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement, forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, axillae, genitalia, hands and/or feet; defect 10 sq cm or less

    Also known as:

    • Eye Injection
    • Intravitreal Injection
    • Retinal Injection
    • Macular Degeneration Injection
    • Eye Medication Injection

    CPT Codes:

    • 67028: Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent (separate procedure)

    Also known as:

    • Tear Duct Probing with Stent Placement
    • Probing of Tear Duct
    • Nasolacrimal Duct Probing with Stent
    • Tear Duct Stent Insertion
    • Blocked Tear Duct Repair
    • Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) Stent
    • Nasolacrimal duct probing
    • Tear duct irrigation
    • Blocked tear duct treatment
    • Lacrimal duct probing

    CPT Codes:

    • 68815: Probing of nasolacrimal duct, with or without irrigation; with insertion of tube or stent
    • 68810: Probing of nasolacrimal duct, with or without irrigation;

    Also known as:

    • Conjunctiva Repair with Graft
    • Conjunctival Grafting
    • Eye Surface Reconstruction
    • Extensive Conjunctivoplasty

    CPT Codes:

    • 68320: Conjunctivoplasty; with conjunctival graft or extensive rearrangement

    Also known as:

    • Eye Socket Exploration and Biopsy
    • Eye Socket Decompression Surgery
    • Orbitotomy without bone removal
    • Orbital exploration
    • Eye socket biopsy
    • Orbital Decompression
    • Eye Socket Bone Removal
    • Orbitotomy

    CPT Codes:

    • 67400: Orbitotomy without bone flap (frontal or transconjunctival approach); for exploration, with or without biopsy
    • 67414: Orbitotomy without bone flap (frontal or transconjunctival approach); with removal of bone for decompression

    Also known as:

    • Drooping Brow Repair
    • Brow Lift
    • Forehead Lift
    • Ptosis Repair (Brow)

    CPT Codes:

    • 67900: Repair of brow ptosis (supraciliary, mid-forehead or coronal approach)

    Also known as:

    • Tear Duct Bypass Surgery (DCR)
    • Dacryocystorhinostomy
    • Blocked Tear Duct Surgery
    • Lacrimal Sac to Nasal Cavity Bypass

    CPT Codes:

    • 68720: Dacryocystorhinostomy (fistulization of lacrimal sac to nasal cavity)

    Also known as:

    • Eye Removal with Implant
    • Tear Duct Opening Procedure
    • Ocular Enucleation
    • Artificial Eye Implant
    • Eye Prosthesis Surgery
    • Lacrimal Punctum Incision
    • Punctal Dilation
    • Blocked Tear Duct Opening
    • Tear Duct Snip

    CPT Codes:

    • 65105: Enucleation of eye; with implant, muscles attached to implant
    • 68440: Snip incision of lacrimal punctum

    Also known as:

    • Eyelid Wound Repair (Full Thickness)
    • Eyelid laceration repair
    • Full thickness eyelid suture
    • Lid margin repair

    CPT Codes:

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

    Also known as:

    • Tear Duct Plastic Repair
    • Canaliculi repair
    • Lacrimal canaliculus reconstruction
    • Tear duct surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 68700: Plastic repair of canaliculi

    Also known as:

    • Eyelid Reconstruction with Flap
    • Full Thickness Eyelid Repair
    • Tarsoconjunctival Flap
    • Eyelid Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 67971: Reconstruction of eyelid, full thickness by transfer of tarsoconjunctival flap from opposing eyelid; up to two-thirds of eyelid, 1 stage or first stage

    Also known as:

    • Eyelash Correction for Trichiasis
    • Trichiasis Treatment
    • Ingrown Eyelash Removal
    • Electrosurgery for Eyelashes

    CPT Codes:

    • 67825: Correction of trichiasis; epilation by other than forceps (eg, by electrosurgery, cryotherapy, laser surgery)

    Also known as:

    • Eyelid Skin Biopsy
    • Eyelid Biopsy
    • Lid Margin Biopsy
    • Eyelid Lesion Biopsy

    CPT Codes:

    • 67810: Incisional Biopsy Of Eyelid Skin Including Lid Margin

    Also known as:

    • Total Ethmoid Sinus Removal (External)
    • Extranasal Ethmoidectomy
    • Ethmoid Sinus Surgery
    • External Ethmoidectomy

    CPT Codes:

    • 31205: Ethmoidectomy; extranasal, total

    Also known as:

    • Tear Duct Surgery (Endoscopic)
    • Endoscopy
    • Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
    • Endoscopic Tear Duct Opening
    • Nasal Endoscopy for Tear Duct

    CPT Codes:

    • 31239: Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical; with dacryocystorhinostomy

    Also known as:

    • Facial Muscle Injection for Spasms (One Side)
    • Botox for facial spasms
    • Facial nerve chemodenervation
    • Blepharospasm treatment
    • Hemifacial spasm injection

    CPT Codes:

    • 64612: Chemodenervation of muscle(s); muscle(s) innervated by facial nerve, unilateral (eg, for blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm)

    Does Dr. Tenzel accept my insurance?

    Dr. Tenzel accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (954) 491-1111 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Tenzel accept in Fort Worth, TX?

    Dr. Tenzel in Fort Worth, TX accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • All Other Third Party

    • Centene

    • CVS Health (formerly Aetna)

    • Department of Veterans Affairs

    • Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC)

    • Humana

    • Medicare

    • Other Health Care Provider

    • State of Tennessee

    • UnitedHealthcare

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    Where is Dr. Tenzel's office located?

    Dr. Phillip Tenzel's Primary Practice

    600 S Main St

    Fort Worth, TX 76104

    (954) 491-1111

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    Dr. Phillip Tenzel's Practice 2

    5323 Harry Hines Blvd

    Dallas, TX 75390

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    Dr. Phillip Tenzel's Practice 3

    4800 NE 20th Ter Ste 305

    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

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    What is Dr. Tenzel's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Tenzel's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1033536396.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Tenzel?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Tenzel

    What is Dr. Phillip Tenzel's specialty?

    Dr. Tenzel is a Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon near Fort Worth, TX. A physician specializing in oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery combines orbital and periocular surgery with facial plastic surgery. This subspecialty involves both aesthetic and reconstructive procedures for the face, orbit, eyelid, and lacrimal system. Practitioners evaluate, diagnose, and treat conditions affecting the eyelids, brows, midface, orbits, lacrimal systems, and the surrounding structures of the face and neck. Contact Dr. Tenzel to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Phillip Tenzel affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    No, Tenzel is not affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital, but is affiliated with the following hospitals: UT Southwestern Medical Center. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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    Is Phillip Tenzel accepting new patients in Fort Worth, TX?

    Yes, Dr. Phillip Tenzel is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Phillip Tenzel offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Tenzel's office at (954) 491-1111 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Phillip Tenzel?

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