Persons blind in one eye: Cataract removal surgery is considered medically necessary for one-eyed members with visual disability of 20/50 or worse due to a cataract; that is, a member with irreversible, untreatable legal blindness (20/200 or worse) in the other eye. Note: In most States, ...
We used the outpatient and carrier files to identify patients undergoing cataract surgery in 2017 using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for cataract surgery (66982, 66983, and 66984). We included patients 66 years or older with at least 12 months of eligibility before surgery who were ...
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