Question

Marginal laceration involving the left lower eyelid and laceration of the left upper eyelid involving the tarsus. Both required full-thickness repair. Also, there were multiple stellate lacerations above the eye, totaling 24.2 cm and requining full-thickness layered repair Assign code * (s) )

Answer 1

Solution

67935 indicates a full-thickness repair of the eyelid margin and tarsus. The code represents repair of a single eyelid.

Since 2 lids were lacerated (left lower eyelid margin and left upper eyelid tarsus) and each required

full-thickness repair, 67935 is reported twice: once with modifier -E2 to indicate the lower, left eyelid margin repair and once with the modifiers -E1 and -51 modifiers to show left upper eyelid tarsus repair. The -51 modifier indicates that there were multiple procedures.

The full-thickness layered repair of the lacerations above the eye measuring 24.2 cm is reported with 12056-51.

The -51 modifier is attached to indicate multiple procedures.

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