LCD Reference Article Billing and Coding Article

Billing and Coding: Dexamethasone Intracanalicular Ophthalmic Insert (Dextenza®)

A58392

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Article ID
A58392
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Article Title
Billing and Coding: Dexamethasone Intracanalicular Ophthalmic Insert (Dextenza®)
Article Type
Billing and Coding
Original Effective Date
02/07/2021
Revision Effective Date
01/01/2022
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The information in this article contains billing, coding or other guidelines that complement the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Dexamethasone Intracanalicular Ophthalmic Insert (Dextenza®) L38792.

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68841 MUST be billed in association with one of the CPT codes identified in this section.

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65800 PARACENTESIS OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF EYE (SEPARATE PROCEDURE); WITH REMOVAL OF AQUEOUS
65810 PARACENTESIS OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF EYE (SEPARATE PROCEDURE); WITH REMOVAL OF VITREOUS AND/OR DISCISSION OF ANTERIOR HYALOID MEMBRANE, WITH OR WITHOUT AIR INJECTION
65815 PARACENTESIS OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF EYE (SEPARATE PROCEDURE); WITH REMOVAL OF BLOOD, WITH OR WITHOUT IRRIGATION AND/OR AIR INJECTION
65820 GONIOTOMY
65850 TRABECULOTOMY AB EXTERNO
65855 TRABECULOPLASTY BY LASER SURGERY
65860 SEVERING ADHESIONS OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT, LASER TECHNIQUE (SEPARATE PROCEDURE)
65865 SEVERING ADHESIONS OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT OF EYE, INCISIONAL TECHNIQUE (WITH OR WITHOUT INJECTION OF AIR OR LIQUID) (SEPARATE PROCEDURE); GONIOSYNECHIAE
65870 SEVERING ADHESIONS OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT OF EYE, INCISIONAL TECHNIQUE (WITH OR WITHOUT INJECTION OF AIR OR LIQUID) (SEPARATE PROCEDURE); ANTERIOR SYNECHIAE, EXCEPT GONIOSYNECHIAE
65875 SEVERING ADHESIONS OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT OF EYE, INCISIONAL TECHNIQUE (WITH OR WITHOUT INJECTION OF AIR OR LIQUID) (SEPARATE PROCEDURE); POSTERIOR SYNECHIAE
65880 SEVERING ADHESIONS OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT OF EYE, INCISIONAL TECHNIQUE (WITH OR WITHOUT INJECTION OF AIR OR LIQUID) (SEPARATE PROCEDURE); CORNEOVITREAL ADHESIONS
66170 FISTULIZATION OF SCLERA FOR GLAUCOMA; TRABECULECTOMY AB EXTERNO IN ABSENCE OF PREVIOUS SURGERY
66172 FISTULIZATION OF SCLERA FOR GLAUCOMA; TRABECULECTOMY AB EXTERNO WITH SCARRING FROM PREVIOUS OCULAR SURGERY OR TRAUMA (INCLUDES INJECTION OF ANTIFIBROTIC AGENTS)
66180 AQUEOUS SHUNT TO EXTRAOCULAR EQUATORIAL PLATE RESERVOIR, EXTERNAL APPROACH; WITH GRAFT
66183 INSERTION OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT AQUEOUS DRAINAGE DEVICE, WITHOUT EXTRAOCULAR RESERVOIR, EXTERNAL APPROACH
66184 REVISION OF AQUEOUS SHUNT TO EXTRAOCULAR EQUATORIAL PLATE RESERVOIR; WITHOUT GRAFT
66185 REVISION OF AQUEOUS SHUNT TO EXTRAOCULAR EQUATORIAL PLATE RESERVOIR; WITH GRAFT
66820 DISCISSION OF SECONDARY MEMBRANOUS CATARACT (OPACIFIED POSTERIOR LENS CAPSULE AND/OR ANTERIOR HYALOID); STAB INCISION TECHNIQUE (ZIEGLER OR WHEELER KNIFE)
66821 DISCISSION OF SECONDARY MEMBRANOUS CATARACT (OPACIFIED POSTERIOR LENS CAPSULE AND/OR ANTERIOR HYALOID); LASER SURGERY (EG, YAG LASER) (1 OR MORE STAGES)
66825 REPOSITIONING OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS, REQUIRING AN INCISION (SEPARATE PROCEDURE)
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
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
67005 REMOVAL OF VITREOUS, ANTERIOR APPROACH (OPEN SKY TECHNIQUE OR LIMBAL INCISION); PARTIAL REMOVAL
67010 REMOVAL OF VITREOUS, ANTERIOR APPROACH (OPEN SKY TECHNIQUE OR LIMBAL INCISION); SUBTOTAL REMOVAL WITH MECHANICAL VITRECTOMY
67015 ASPIRATION OR RELEASE OF VITREOUS, SUBRETINAL OR CHOROIDAL FLUID, PARS PLANA APPROACH (POSTERIOR SCLEROTOMY)
67025 INJECTION OF VITREOUS SUBSTITUTE, PARS PLANA OR LIMBAL APPROACH (FLUID-GAS EXCHANGE), WITH OR WITHOUT ASPIRATION (SEPARATE PROCEDURE)
67027 IMPLANTATION OF INTRAVITREAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM (EG, GANCICLOVIR IMPLANT), INCLUDES CONCOMITANT REMOVAL OF VITREOUS
67028 INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF A PHARMACOLOGIC AGENT (SEPARATE PROCEDURE)
67030 DISCISSION OF VITREOUS STRANDS (WITHOUT REMOVAL), PARS PLANA APPROACH
67031 SEVERING OF VITREOUS STRANDS, VITREOUS FACE ADHESIONS, SHEETS, MEMBRANES OR OPACITIES, LASER SURGERY (1 OR MORE STAGES)
67036 VITRECTOMY, MECHANICAL, PARS PLANA APPROACH;
67039 VITRECTOMY, MECHANICAL, PARS PLANA APPROACH; WITH FOCAL ENDOLASER PHOTOCOAGULATION
67040 VITRECTOMY, MECHANICAL, PARS PLANA APPROACH; WITH ENDOLASER PANRETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION
67041 VITRECTOMY, MECHANICAL, PARS PLANA APPROACH; WITH REMOVAL OF PRERETINAL CELLULAR MEMBRANE (EG, MACULAR PUCKER)
67042 VITRECTOMY, MECHANICAL, PARS PLANA APPROACH; WITH REMOVAL OF INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE OF RETINA (EG, FOR REPAIR OF MACULAR HOLE, DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA), INCLUDES, IF PERFORMED, INTRAOCULAR TAMPONADE (IE, AIR, GAS OR SILICONE OIL)
67043 VITRECTOMY, MECHANICAL, PARS PLANA APPROACH; WITH REMOVAL OF SUBRETINAL MEMBRANE (EG, CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION), INCLUDES, IF PERFORMED, INTRAOCULAR TAMPONADE (IE, AIR, GAS OR SILICONE OIL) AND LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION
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01/01/2022 R2

Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Paragraph added code 68841 and deleted code 0356T. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes deleted code 68841 as this was inadvertently added. This revision is due to the Annual CPT/HCPCS update and is effective on 1/1/22.

01/01/2022 R1

Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 68841 and deleted 0356T. This revision is due to the Annual CPT/HCPCS update and is effective on 1/1/22.

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Keywords

  • Dextenza
  • Dexamethasone
  • Insert