What is upper eyelid retraction surgery?
Upper eyelid retraction is the chief morbidity of Graves’ ophthalmopathy, which can result in exposure keratopathy, proptosis, and cosmetic malformations. The aim of surgical correction of lid retraction is to prevent and treat keratopathy, relief ocular discomfort, and return the patient’s appearance [2].
What is procedure code 67904?
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| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 67903 | REPAIR OF BLEPHAROPTOSIS; (TARSO) LEVATOR RESECTION OR ADVANCEMENT, INTERNAL APPROACH |
| 67904 | REPAIR OF BLEPHAROPTOSIS; (TARSO) LEVATOR RESECTION OR ADVANCEMENT, EXTERNAL APPROACH |
| 67906 | REPAIR OF BLEPHAROPTOSIS; SUPERIOR RECTUS TECHNIQUE WITH FASCIAL SLING (INCLUDES OBTAINING FASCIA) |
What is the CPT code 15823?
15823. BLEPHAROPLASTY, UPPER EYELID; WITH EXCESSIVE SKIN WEIGHTING DOWN LID. 67900. REPAIR OF BROW PTOSIS (SUPRACILIARY, MID-FOREHEAD OR CORONAL APPROACH)
How do you treat an eyelid retraction?
Several treatment options have been described for correction of eyelid retraction, including Botox and filler injection, and surgeries in the burnt-out stage such as lowering the upper lid by recessing the levator muscle, excision of Müller’s muscle, introducing a spacer, or myotomies.
How do you measure lid retraction?
The amount of retraction is measured by the distance from the inferior limbus to the lower eyelid temporally, centrally, and nasally. Normally, the lower eyelid is at the level of the inferior limbus.
What is procedure code 65400?
CPT® 65400, Under Excision Procedures on the Cornea The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 65400 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Excision Procedures on the Cornea.
What is the difference between 15822 and 15823?
15822 is Blepharoplasty, upper eyelid, while 15823 is Blepharoplasty, upper eyelid, with excessive skin weighting down lid. During blepharoplasty, it is not uncommon for the surgeon to remove a fold of skin from the upper eyelid that mechanically weights the lid and causes it to droop.
What is mild lid retraction?
Eyelid retraction is a displacement of the upper eyelid superiorly or lower eyelid inferiorly through a variety of mechanisms. Causes. Vertical shortening of the skin either through acute inflammatory changes or chronic shortening due to long standing inflammation or physical deficit caused by surgery or trauma.