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An adolescent patient’s hard contact lenses were shattering when a bouncy ball that he was playing with at school bounced up at hit him in the eye. The patient was transported to the emergency department where the on-call physician removed the contact lens fragments from his cornea, using a slit lamp. What is the correct code for the procedure?
  1. 65205
  2. 65210
  3. 65220
  4. 65222
Explanation
Answer: D - The correct code for the procedure is 65222 (Removal of Foreign Body, External Eye; Corneal, with Slit Lamp). Code 65220 is inappropriate because it does not include the use of the slit lamp, and codes: 65205 and 65210 are inappropriate because they do not include the removal of a foreign body from the cornea. Furthermore, codes: 65205 and 65210 do not include the use of a slit lamp. A slit lamp is a small lamp that consists of a high-intensity light source. This lamp can be used to aid surgeons in the removal of small foreign bodies.
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