AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2015 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Penetrating Keratoplasty and Placement of Viscoelastic Eye with Paracentesis

A patient with failed corneal graft with corneal scar of the right eye presented for penetrating keratoplasty of the right eye. A paracentesis was performed and the anterior chamber filled with viscoelastic. The recipient bed was trephined to the level of Descemet’s membrane with a corneal trephine. The anterior chamber was incised. The donor tissue was sutured. What are the correct root operation and approach for this procedure? Are the paracentesis and viscoelastic filling coded separately? ...

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