Case Studies—Eye and Ocular Adnexa Operative and Emergency Department Report - Emergency Department Record
Abstract from Documentation:
1. Why did the patient seek treatment in the Emergency Department?
2. What procedure (and technique) was performed?
3. Time to Code:
1. Foreign body in eye
2. Removal of foreign body of cornea with use of slit lamp
3. Index:
Removal, Foreign Body, Cornea with Slit Lamp
Code(s):
65222-RT Removal of foreign body, external eye; corneal, with slit lamp
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