Scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia

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 scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia.

Description

Presbyopia results from age-related deterioration of the lens in the eye.

This leads to difficulty with accommodation (focusing on close objects). Scleral expansion surgery involves making small incisions in the eye and inserting bands to stretch the part of the sclera (the tough fibrous layer of the eyeball) that lies beneath the muscles controlling accommodation (ciliary muscles). This is claimed to improve accommodation.

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

C55.4 Expansion of sclera

In addition the ICD-10 code H52.4 Presbyopia is assigned

_{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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	IPG70 Scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia: guidance	28 July 2004
	IPG70 Scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia: guidance (web format)	04 February 2011
	IPG70 Scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia: understanding NICE guidance	28 July 2004
	IPG70 Llawdriniaeth ehangu'r sglera ar gyfer presbyopia: deall canllawiau NICE	14 May 2009
	IPG70 Scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia: distribution list	28 July 2004
	Interventional procedure consultation document - Scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia	30 March 2004
	Overview of scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia	26 March 2004