Can you please clarify again what defines a major surgery in ophthalmology?

Answer:
For coding purposes, a major surgery is defined as a 90-day global period, and minor surgery a zero or 10-day global period.

When factoring risk of complications and/or morbidity of mortality of patient management for evaluation and management (E/M) medical decision-making, the physician’s expertise defines minor surgery with identified patient or procedure risk factors, or elective major surgery with or without risk factors. For example, some laser procedures may have a 10-day or a 90-day global period that varies by payer but are defined as "major" surgery when considering the E/M level of risk. 

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