One of the fascinating things about Land Hermit Crabs is that they live in other creatures discarded shells. As they grow they will leave their old shell and find another larger one to move into. To assist the crabs with this, a few spare shells should be kept in the aquarium for such occasions.
The case involved multiple medical conditions and procedures is properly coded as Diagnosis Codes 366.16 (cataract) and 365.10 (glaucoma) and CPT Codes 66982-RT (right eye complex cataract surgery) and 66180-RT (right eye revision of an aqueous shunt/Aquaflo prosthesis).
Debridement of necrotic area of the Achilles tendon is performed and the incision is closed in layers. Based on the information that was presented to AMA Knowledge Base, they recommended CPT code 28118 (ostectomy, calcaneus) and additionally stating if work, other than for exposure was performed on the Achilles tendon then that service should be reported as 28200 â secondary repair of tendon, foot, without graft).