Ophthalmology Review Criteria Guidelines Provides Detailed Review Criteria for In- and Outpatient Tests and Procedures



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May 16, 2008 4:44 AM EDT

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91974) has announced the addition of "Ophthalmology Review Criteria Guidelines" to their offering.

Detailed review criteria for in- and outpatient tests and procedures. Resources include references, list of procedures performed as an outpatient, vision care glossary, web links and referral indicators.

Our 'single topics' provide the tools needed for a cost-effective, evidence-based strategy to increase the efficiency and quality of care management. Each is supported by current references from the peer-reviewed medical literature and other authoritative resources.

    CONTENTS:

    --  Preface

    --  Table of Contents

    --  Ophthalmology Review Criteria Guidelines

    --  A-scans; B-scans (New 1-04)

    --  Blepharoplasty/Ptosis Surgery and Eyelid Reconstruction (rev
        4-00)

    --  Cataract Surgery

    --  Capsulotomy, YAG Laser (rev 5-00)

    --  Cataract surgery (Update 09-03)

    --  Preoperative evaluation and testing prior to cataract
        extraction - Medicare (11-01)

    --  Cataract reference list (update 09-03)

    --  Computer-assisted Corneal Topography (new 2-01)

    --  Conjunctivitis (update 1-04)

    --  Conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy

    --  Balloon Dacryocystoplasty/Dacryoplasty for Nasolacrimal Duct
        Obstruction (new 2-01)

    --  Contact lenses (rev 4-00)

    --  Corneal Graft Utilizing Amniotic Membrane Transplantation
        (AMT) (new 2-01)

    --  Corneal pachymetry (new 10-03, update 1-04)

    --  Corneal Post-transplant Wound Revisions (new 2-01)

    --  Corneal Wedge Resection (new 2-01)

    --  Endothelial cell photography (updated 2-01)

    --  Entropion, Ectropion

    --  Enucleation

    --  External Ocular Photography and Ocular Photoscreening (added
        1-02, updated 8-04)

    --  Flourescein Angiography (added 12-01)

    --  Glaucoma - evaluation and treatment (update 1-04)

    --  Medicare Appendix A - "Damage" defined (update 2-01)

    --  Optic Nerve Imaging Techniques: Scanning laser glaucoma
        diagnostic imaging: Confocal laser scanning ophthalmoscopy
        (Optic nerve head topography); Scanning laser polarimetry;
        Optical Coherence Tomography/retinal thickness analysis;
        Stereophotogrammetry (new 2-01, update 1-04)

    --  Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty (added 2-01)

    --  Aqueous drainage/shunt implants for refractory primary
        open-angle glaucoma (New 1-04)

    --  Gold Weight Upper Eye Lid Implants (added 2-01)

    --  Grave's Disease Ophthalmopathy - surgical care (added 2-01)

    --  Indocyanine Green Angiography (rev 4-00)

    --  Intraocular Lens Implant

    --  Iridotomy/Iridectomy

    --  Keratoconus (rev 4-00)

    --  Keratoplasty (Corneal Transplant)

    --  Ophthalmoscopy, extended with retinal drawing (new 2-01)

    --  Optic Nerve Decompression Surgery (new 2-01)

    --  Orbitotomy

    --  Photocoagulation, Laser - Introduction

    --  Destruction of Localized Lesion of Retina by Photocoagulation
        (Laser or Xenon Arc) Medicare LMRP (new 2-01, updated 10-01)

    --  Pterygium

    --  Ptosis

    --  Punctal dilation/snipping

    --  Punctal Plugs and Punctoplasty for 'Dry Eyes' Syndrome (new
        2-01)

    --  Corneal Remodeling Procedures 33

    --  Refractive Keratoplasty/Radial Keratotomy (RK);
        Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK); Laser Thermal Keratoplasty
        (LTK); Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK);
        Intrastromal corneal rings (ICR) (revised 12-01)

    --  Prosthesis, eye (new 06-02)

    --  Eye Examinations - Medicare LMRP (added 2-01)

    --  Routine vision exam

    --  Scleral buckle

    --  Strabismus correction

    --  Tarsorrhaphy

    --  Transpupillary Thermal Therapy (added 1-02)

    --  Trabeculectomy/trabeculoplasty

    --  Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) - Introduction (added
        1-04)

    --  Macular Degeneration, Laser Therapy (added 5-02, updated 1-04)

    --  Macular Degeneration, Radiation Treatment (added 2-01)

    --  Macular Fovea Translocation for AMD (added 2-01)

    --  Ocular Photodynamic Therapy (OPT) - Verteporfin Therapy for
        Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (updated 4-04)

    --  Viscocanalostomy (new 2-01)

    --  Visual Field Testing (new 2-01)

    --  Visual training (Orthoptics) Post-surgical coverage

    --  Visual Rehabilitation Program/Low Vision Training (added
        11-00, update 12-01)

    --  Vitrectomy

    --  Referral criteria summary sheet for common complaints

    --  Ophthalmology Notes

    --  Outpatient or Same-day Discharge Procedures List

    --  Vision Care Glossary of common terms, acronyms and
        abbreviations

    For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91974

Source: Research and Markets Ltd.

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