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Transpupillary thermotherapy for age-related macular degeneration

 
Guidance issued
 
IPG Number: IPG58

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Transpupillary thermotherapy for age-related macular degeneration.

Description

Age-related macular degeneration is the commonest cause of irreversible blindness in developed countries.  Transpupillary thermotherapy uses laser energy to coagulate vessels in the wet form of macular degeneration and is intended to alter the disease process and preserve vision.

OPCS code:

C88.1 Transpupillary thermotherapy to subretinal lesion

Includes: Transpupillary thermotherapy to retinal lesion

In addition the ICD-10 code H35.3 Degeneration of macula and posterior pole would be recorded.

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

Details

Arrangement:
Special
Topic area:
Eye
Surgical procedures
Specialty:
Geriatric medicine
Medical opthalmology
Specialist advice has been sought from:
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Date notified to NICE:
01 April 2002
Guidance issue date:
23 June 2004

Contact details:

Project manager (for general enquiries or comments)
(for general enquiries or comments)
Ben Doak
Contact Address:

Interventional Procedures Programme
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
MidCity Place
71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NA

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