Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation for regrowth of corneal epithelium

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation for regrowth of corneal epithelium.

The guidance was considered for reassessment in October 2010 and it was concluded that NICE will not be updating this guidance at this stage. However, if you believe there is new evidence which should warrant a review of our guidance, please contact us via the email address below.

Description

Limbal Corneal tissue is obtained either from eyes donated to the hospital eye bank or living relatives. Small amounts of tissue are digested to break apart cells and these are grown and amplified in culture. Sheets of cells are transplanted to affected eyes.

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

C46.7 Transplant of corneal limbal cells

Note: Use a subsidiary code to identify type of graft (Y27)

Y27.2 Allograft to organ NOC

_{The NHS Classifications Service of NHS Connecting for Health is the central definitive source for clinical coding guidance and determines the coding standards associated with the classifications (OPCS-4 and ICD-10) to be used across the NHS.   The NHS Classifications Service and NICE work collaboratively to ensure the most appropriate classification codes are provided.  www.connectingforhealth.co.uk/clinicalcoding}

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Links:

	IPG216 Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation: clinical audit tool	19 January 2012
	IPG216 Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation: Guidance	25 April 2007
	IPG216 Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation: guidance (web format)	07 April 2011
	IPG216 Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation: Understanding NICE guidance	25 April 2007
	IPG216 Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation: Understanding NICE guidance (MS Word format)	25 April 2007
	IPG216 Trin diffyg bôn-gelloed y limbws â thrawsblaniad bôn-gelloedd a feithrinwyd: deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)	19 October 2009
	Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation: comments table	25 April 2007
	Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation (interventional procedures consultation document)	03 January 2007
	Tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation (interventional procedures overview)	03 January 2007