LAC 50:XVII.1501. Introduction

A. Definitions Artificial Eye or Ocular Prosthesis—a replacement for a missing or damaged, unsightly eye. Full Ocular Prosthesis—used for individuals who have the globe removed allowing for the fitting of a regular artificial eye. Related Services—include polishing or resurfacing of ocular prosthetics, enlargements or reductions of ocular prosthetics, and fabrication or fitting of ocular conformer. Scleral Shell (or Shield)— a. a custom-made, thin ocular prosthesis fitted directly over a blind and shrunken globe. It includes the iris (the colored part of the eye) and the sclera (the white part of the eye); b. a term utilized to describe different types of hard scleral contact lenses. A shell fits over the entire exposed surface of the eye as opposed to a corneal contact lens which covers only the central nonwhite area encompassing the pupil and iris. B. These procedures require prior authorization.