CPT procedure code

66988

Medicare payment

No national Medicare fee schedule we hold prices 66988 — the Physician Fee Schedule lists it with status indicator C (2026 file). CMS fee schedules ↗

Code definition

Code

66988

Code system

CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)

This CPT code is not in our curated reference. CPT codes are maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA). Full descriptions require an AMA license.

Category

Short description sourced from CMS publicly available fee schedule data. Full CPT descriptions are copyright AMA. Not a substitute for the official CPT codebook.

Policy activity for CPT 66988

CLV Intelligence is tracking 2 policy changes that cite CPT 66988 most recently on 2026-06-05, drawn from 2 LCD/NCD coverage updates. The changes span Ophthalmology. 2 are flagged critical or high priority.

LCD/NCD coverage updates
2

Counts reflect the source documents CLV has matched to CPT 66988 to date; each links to the government publication that is authoritative. Monitored daily from CMS, the Federal Register, and Medicare Administrative Contractor publications.

Policy changes matched to 66988

Matched to this code by CLV analysis of each policy. The linked source document is authoritative.

LCD L37027: Cataract Surgery in Adults — Noridian

Ophthalmology · LCD-L37027

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗
High

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LCD L34203: Cataract Surgery in Adults — Noridian

Ophthalmology · LCD-L34203

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗
High

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