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Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian, MD

Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian, MD

Glendale, CA

37 Years of Experience

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Hovanesian, Ophthalmologist in Glendale, CA?

    Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian, MD is an Ophthalmologist, who primarily practices in Glendale, CA with 2 additional practice locations. He has been practicing for over 37 years and is board certified. Dr. Hovanesian graduated from Yerevan State Medical University. Dr. Hovanesian is fluent in English and Russian, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Hovanesian’s practice accepts Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Hovanesian’s office at (818) 265-7777.

    Where did Dr. Hovanesian go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Medical School: Yerevan State Medical University | Yerevan State Medical University

    Is Dr. Hovanesian board certified as an Ophthalmologist?

    Yes, Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian, MD is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology

    What languages does Dr. Hovanesian speak?

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

    • English

    • Russian

    What conditions does Dr. Hovanesian treat?

    As an Ophthalmologist, Dr. Hovanesian 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. Hovanesian. 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:

    • Cataract
    • Combined Age-Related Cataract
    • Cloudy lens
    • Lens clouding
    • Eye cloudiness
    • Mixed Type Cataract
    • Multiple Cataract Types

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H2513: Age-related nuclear cataract, bilateral
    • H25813: Combined forms of age-related cataract, bilateral
    • H25812: Combined forms of age-related cataract, left eye
    • H25811: Combined forms of age-related cataract, right eye

    Also known as:

    • Type 2 Diabetes with Early Diabetic Eye Disease (Both Eyes)
    • Type 2 Diabetes with Diabetic Retinopathy
    • Diabetes Type 2
    • Diabetic Eye Problems
    • Type 2 diabetes
    • Diabetes eye problems
    • Diabetic vision issues
    • Eye complications from type 2 diabetes
    • Mild Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Bilateral
    • Early Retina Damage in Both Eyes
    • Beginning Diabetic Retinopathy in Both Eyes
    • Diabetic Eye Disease
    • Diabetic Retinal Disease
    • Diabetes Mellitus Eye Complications

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • E1139: Type 2 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication
    • E113293: Type 2 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edema, bilateral
    • E113593: Type 2 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edema, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
    • Preglaucoma
    • Glaucoma
    • Chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma
    • Wide-Angle Glaucoma
    • POAG
    • Early Glaucoma
    • Borderline Glaucoma
    • Risk of Glaucoma

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H401131: Primary open-angle glaucoma, bilateral, mild stage
    • H40003: Preglaucoma, unspecified, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Dry Macular Degeneration
    • Wet Macular Degeneration
    • Macular Degeneration
    • Dry AMD
    • Atrophic Macular Degeneration
    • Age-related Macular Degeneration (Dry)
    • Wet AMD
    • Neovascular Macular Degeneration
    • Age-related Macular Degeneration (Wet)
    • Exudative AMD

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H353131: Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, early dry stage
    • H353221: Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
    • H353211: Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with active choroidal neovascularization

    Also known as:

    • Dry Eyes
    • Tears
    • Dry eye syndrome
    • Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
    • Ocular dryness

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H04123: Dry eye syndrome of bilateral lacrimal glands

    Also known as:

    • Dry Eye Syndrome
    • Corneal Disorder
    • Dry Eye Disease
    • Chronic Dry Eye
    • Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H16223: Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, not specified as Sjogren's, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Aging of the eye's gel
    • Eye Disease
    • Vitreous Detachment
    • Vitreous syneresis
    • Eye gel breakdown
    • Vitreous aging

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H43813: Vitreous degeneration, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Age-Related Farsightedness
    • Refractive Error
    • Refractive Errors
    • Eye Movement Disorder
    • Presbyopia
    • Aging Eyes
    • Difficulty Reading Up Close
    • Vision problem
    • Focusing problem
    • Blurred vision

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H524: Presbyopia
    • H527: Unspecified disorder of refraction

    Also known as:

    • Macular Pucker
    • Retinal Disorder
    • Epiretinal Membrane
    • Cellophane Maculopathy
    • Macular Wrinkle
    • Retinal Scar

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H35373: Puckering of macula, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Blepharitis
    • Eyelid Disorder
    • Inflamed eyelids
    • Eyelid margin inflammation
    • Crusty eyelids
    • Eyelid irritation

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H01001: Unspecified blepharitis right upper eyelid

    Also known as:

    • Stye on Right Lower Eyelid
    • Eyelid Disorder
    • Hordeolum on Lower Lid
    • External Stye Right Lower Eyelid

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H00012: Hordeolum externum right lower eyelid

    What procedures does Dr. Hovanesian perform?

    As an Ophthalmologist, Dr. Hovanesian 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. Hovanesian. 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:

    • Eye Injection
    • Injection into Eye Capsule
    • Eye Medication Injection
    • Intravitreal Injection
    • Retinal Injection
    • Macular Degeneration Injection
    • Tenon's Capsule Injection
    • Periocular Injection
    • Intraocular injection
    • Anterior chamber injection
    • Eye drug injection

    CPT Codes:

    • 67028: Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent (separate procedure)
    • 67515: Injection of medication or other substance into Tenon's capsule
    • 66030: Injection, anterior chamber of eye (separate procedure); medication

    Also known as:

    • Cataract Removal with Lens Implant
    • Cataract Removal by Phacoemulsification
    • Intracapsular Cataract Removal
    • Extracapsular cataract extraction
    • Phacoemulsification
    • IOL implantation
    • Lens Material Removal
    • Cataract Surgery (Phaco)
    • Ultrasonic Cataract Removal
    • Cataract extraction
    • Lens material removal
    • Eye lens surgery

    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
    • 66920: Removal of lens material; intracapsular

    Also known as:

    • Laser Surgery for Secondary Cataract
    • Laser Trabeculoplasty
    • Vitrectomy Eye Surgery
    • Laser Eye Surgery for Glaucoma
    • Cataract Surgery with Glaucoma Drainage Device
    • Pterygium Removal with Graft
    • Corneal Incision for Astigmatism Correction
    • Scleral Staphyloma Repair with Graft
    • Glaucoma Surgery (Trabeculectomy)
    • Intraocular Lens Repositioning
    • YAG Laser Capsulotomy
    • Posterior Capsulotomy
    • Secondary Cataract Removal
    • Laser Eye Surgery
    • Glaucoma laser surgery
    • Laser eye treatment for glaucoma
    • Trabeculoplasty
    • Pars Plana Vitrectomy
    • Retinal Surgery
    • Eye Gel Removal Surgery
    • Iridotomy
    • Iridectomy
    • Laser Glaucoma Treatment
    • Combined Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery
    • Phacoemulsification with Aqueous Drainage Device
    • IOL Insertion with Glaucoma Stent
    • Pterygium Excision with Autograft', 'Conjunctival Graft for Pterygium', 'Surfer's Eye Surgery with Graft
    • Astigmatism correction surgery
    • Corneal relaxing incision
    • Eye surgery for astigmatism
    • Limbal relaxing incision (LRI)
    • Eye Wall Bulge Repair
    • Scleral Repair with Graft
    • Repair of Scleral Thinning
    • Eye Wall Reinforcement Surgery
    • Trabeculectomy
    • Glaucoma Filtering Surgery
    • Eye Pressure Surgery
    • IOL repositioning
    • Lens implant adjustment
    • Eye lens surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 66821: Discission of secondary membranous cataract (opacified posterior lens capsule and/or anterior hyaloid); laser surgery (eg, YAG laser) (1 or more stages)
    • 65855: Trabeculoplasty by laser surgery
    • 67036: Vitrectomy, mechanical, pars plana approach;
    • 66761: Iridotomy/iridectomy by laser surgery (eg, for glaucoma) (per session)
    • 66991: Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); with insertion of intraocular (eg, trabecular meshwork, supraciliary, suprachoroidal) anterior segment aqueous drainage device, without extraocular reservoir, internal approach, one or more
    • 65426: Excision or transposition of pterygium; with graft
    • 65772: Corneal relaxing incision for correction of surgically induced astigmatism
    • 66225: Repair of scleral staphyloma; with graft
    • 66170: Fistulization of sclera for glaucoma; trabeculectomy ab externo in absence of previous surgery
    • 66825: Repositioning of intraocular lens prosthesis, requiring an incision (separate procedure)

    Also known as:

    • Tear Duct Plug Insertion
    • Tear Duct Probing with Stent Placement
    • Punctal Plug Insertion
    • Lacrimal Punctum Closure
    • Dry Eye Plugs
    • Nasolacrimal Duct Probing with Stent
    • Tear Duct Stent Insertion
    • Blocked Tear Duct Repair
    • Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) Stent

    CPT Codes:

    • 68761: Closure of the lacrimal punctum; by plug, each
    • 68815: Probing of nasolacrimal duct, with or without irrigation; with insertion of tube or stent

    Also known as:

    • Laser Treatment for Retinopathy
    • Photocoagulation for Retinopathy
    • Diabetic Retinopathy Laser Treatment
    • Retinal Laser Therapy

    CPT Codes:

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

    Also known as:

    • Upper Eyelid Lift (Blepharoplasty)
    • Droopy Eyelid Repair
    • Eyelid Lesion Removal
    • Extensive Ectropion Repair
    • Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
    • Droopy Eyelid Surgery
    • Upper Eyelid Reduction
    • Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery
    • Ptosis Repair
    • Blepharoptosis Correction
    • Levator Resection
    • Eyelid Lift Surgery
    • Eyelid growth removal
    • Eyelid bump excision
    • Eyelid skin lesion surgery
    • Eyelid Ectropion Surgery
    • Tarsal Strip Operation
    • Lower Eyelid Repair
    • Outward Turning Eyelid Repair

    CPT Codes:

    • 15823: Blepharoplasty, upper eyelid; with excessive skin weighting down lid
    • 67903: Repair of blepharoptosis; (tarso) levator resection or advancement, internal approach
    • 67840: Excision of lesion of eyelid (except chalazion) without closure or with simple direct closure
    • 67917: Repair of ectropion; extensive (eg, tarsal strip operations)

    Also known as:

    • Amniotic Membrane Placement on Eye (No Stitches)
    • Ocular surface repair with amniotic membrane
    • Eye membrane graft
    • Sutureless amniotic membrane transplant

    CPT Codes:

    • 65778: Placement of amniotic membrane on the ocular surface; without sutures

    Also known as:

    • Complex Cataract Removal with Lens Implant
    • Advanced Cataract Surgery
    • Phacoemulsification with IOL
    • Complex Extracapsular Cataract Extraction

    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

    Also known as:

    • Secondary Intraocular Lens Implant
    • IOL implant (secondary)
    • Replacement eye lens surgery
    • Artificial lens insertion (secondary)

    CPT Codes:

    • 66985: Insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (secondary implant), not associated with concurrent cataract removal

    Also known as:

    • Intraocular Lens Exchange
    • IOL Exchange
    • Cataract Lens Replacement (Secondary)
    • Replacement of Eye Implant

    CPT Codes:

    • 66986: Exchange of intraocular lens

    Also known as:

    • Glaucoma Drainage Device Implant
    • Aqueous Shunt Surgery
    • Glaucoma Shunt with Graft
    • Eye Pressure Shunt

    CPT Codes:

    • 66180: Aqueous shunt to extraocular equatorial plate reservoir, external approach; with graft

    Also known as:

    • Eye Surgery Wound Repair
    • Anterior segment wound revision
    • Eye wound repair
    • Ocular wound revision

    CPT Codes:

    • 66250: Revision or repair of operative wound of anterior segment, any type, early or late, major or minor procedure

    Also known as:

    • Tear Duct Probing
    • Lacrimal Duct Probing
    • Tear Duct Irrigation
    • Unblocking Tear Duct

    CPT Codes:

    • 68840: Probing of lacrimal canaliculi, with or without irrigation

    Also known as:

    • Eyelash Removal for Trichiasis
    • Trichiasis Epilation
    • Forceps Epilation of Eyelashes
    • Ingrown Eyelash Removal

    CPT Codes:

    • 67820: Correction of trichiasis; epilation, by forceps only

    Also known as:

    • Complex Retinal Detachment Repair
    • Vitrectomy for Retinal Detachment
    • Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Repair
    • Diabetic Retinal Detachment Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 67113: Repair of complex retinal detachment (eg, proliferative vitreoretinopathy, stage C-1 or greater, diabetic traction retinal detachment, retinopathy of prematurity, retinal tear of greater than 90 degrees), with vitrectomy and membrane peeling, including, when performed, air, gas, or silicone oil tamponade, cryotherapy, endolaser photocoagulation, drainage of subretinal fluid, scleral buckling, and/or removal of lens

    Does Dr. Hovanesian accept my insurance?

    Dr. Hovanesian accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (818) 265-7777 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Hovanesian accept in Glendale, CA?

    Dr. Hovanesian in Glendale, CA 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

    • City of Los Angeles

    • Crown Cork and Seal Company

    • Heritage Health

    • Medicaid

    • Medicare

    • Other Health Care Provider

    • UnitedHealthcare

    • Weyco

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    Where is Dr. Hovanesian's office located?

    Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian's Primary Practice

    1146 N Brand Blvd

    Glendale, CA 91202

    (818) 265-7777

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    Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian's Practice 2

    13739 Riverside Dr Ste A

    Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

    (818) 386-0008

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    Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian's Practice 3

    409 N Central Ave

    Glendale, CA 91203

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

    Dr. Hovanesian's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1154341626.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Hovanesian?

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

    What is Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian's specialty?

    Dr. Hovanesian is a Ophthalmologist near Glendale, CA. An ophthalmologist possesses the knowledge and professional skills required to deliver comprehensive eye and vision care. These medical doctors are trained to diagnose, monitor, and treat all ocular and visual disorders, whether through medical or surgical interventions. Their expertise encompasses a wide range of issues affecting the eye and its structures, including the eyelids, orbit, and visual pathways. Additionally, ophthalmologists prescribe vision services, such as glasses and contact lenses, to help patients achieve optimal visual health. Contact Dr. Hovanesian to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Hovanesian is affiliated with Adventist Health Glendale, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Huntington Hospital (Pasadena, CA), Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center which are a Castle Connolly Top Hospitals. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They 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 Haroutun Hovanesian accepting new patients in Glendale, CA?

    Yes, Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Hovanesian's office at (818) 265-7777 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Haroutun Hovanesian?

    Please contact Dr. Hovanesian's office at (818) 265-7777 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

    Which board certifications does Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian have?

    Dr. Haroutun Hovanesian is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

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