Minor Surgical and Laser Procedure

New therapeutic interventions include:

• Injections for treating conditions or diseases of the eye or eyelid (excluding intraocular injections penetrating the globe).

• Use of a local anesthetic in conjunction with the primary treatment of an eyelid lesion.

• Removal and biopsy of eyelid lesions without characteristics or obvious signs of malignancy, excluding lesions involving the eyelid margin or larger than 5 millimeters in size.

• Incision and curettage of a chalazion.

• Simple repair of an eyelid laceration no larger than 2½ centimeters and no deeper than the orbicularis muscle and not involving the eyelid margin or lacrimal drainage structures.

• Corneal cross-linking.

• Laser capsulotomy, laser peripheral iridotomy and laser trabeculoplasty.