CPT® 2012 Update: 0289T, 0290T Shape Your Options for Intralase-Assisted Keratoplasty

Use two new temp codes to represent the emerging laser corneal incision technology.

If your ophthalmic surgeon is one of the trailblazers putting aside his trephine in favor of an advanced laser to perform corneal incisions and transplants, take heart. CPT® 2012 features two temporary codes that describe this emerging technology.

CPT® Category III codes 0289T (Corneal incisions in the donor cornea created using a laser, in preparation for penetrating or lamellar keratoplasty [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) and 0290T (Corneal incision in the recipient corneal created using a laser, in preparation for penetrating or lamellar [...]

- Published on 2011-11-08