CHAPTER A - nomesco

CAC Operations on orbital walls
EYE AND ADJACENT STRUCTURES
Removal of implant or external fixation device, see: AAU 00, EEU 00, EFU 00
CAC 00 Reconstruction of orbital wall
CAC 10 Reconstruction of orbital wall using bone graft or plate
CAC 20 Lateral decompression of orbit
CAC 30 Decompression of orbit to sinuses
CAC 40 Transcranial decompression of orbital roof or optic canal
CAC 42 Decompression of orbit by coronal approach
CAC 44 Combined decompression of orbit
CAC 50 Repair of congenital malformation of orbital wall
CAD Exenteration of orbit
CAD 00 Exenteration of orbit with use of graft or flap
Additional code for specification of grafts and flaps, see: ZZ
CAE Operations for anophthalmia after enucleation or evisceration of eye
CAE 00 Removal of implant from orbit
CAE 10 Revision and secondary implant in orbit
CAE 20 Revision of conjunctival sac with graft
CAW Other operations on orbit
CAW 99 Other operation on orbit
CB Eyelid and eyebrow
Operations on eyebrow for other conditions than ptosis, see: QAF
CBA Incision and biopsy of eyelid
CBA 00 Incision of eyelid
CBA 10 Biopsy of eyelid
CBB Excision or destruction of lesion of eyelid
CBB 00 Excision of chalazion
Synonym: Meibomian granuloma
CBB 10 Excision of redundant skin of eyelid
CBB 15 Resection of herniated fat from eyelid
CBB 20 Correction of lax skin of eyelid and resection of herniated fat
CBB 30 Excision of lesion of eyelid
Excludes: Chalazion
CBB 32 Destruction of lesion of eyelid
Additional code for use of laser or other technique, see: ZXC
CBB 50 Excision of lesion of eyelid and reconstruction using graft or flap
Additional code for specification of grafts and flaps, see: ZZ
CBB 99 Other excision of lesion of eyelid
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