Our vision plays a very important role and is necessary to help us live our lives with ease and comfort. Simply closing your eyes for a few minutes and having to complete any kind of task is a very daunting thought and suffering through any kind of vision impairment or even blindness is likely to significantly change the way in which a person leads his or her life. Also known as an ophtalmoscopy, the fundoscopy exam is a very commonly used non evasive medical practice that is used to examine the rear end of the eye, known as the fundus. The fundus contains a number of very critical parts of the eye and plays a huge role in its efficiency. Some of the sensitive parts located in this region include blood vessels that supply blood to the optical disk, the choroid and the retina itself. The procedure is carried out with the help of an ophthalmoscope, which is an object that is usually seen at most eye doctor clinics. The ophthalmoscope is a structure that usually uses a concave lens and also has a light emitting source built in to it - with the concave lens helping to dissipate this light source to the various parts of the eye in addition to helping the doctor get a clearer vision of the area that he or she needs to look at more closely.
There are three main types of a fundoscopic exam, all of which are non-invasive. The first type of fundoscopic exam is known as a direct fundoscopy and will require the patient to be placed in an upright position in a rather dark room and a beam of light from the ophthalmoscope is direct towards the pupil of the eye. The patient will then be asked to move his or her eye in a number of directions in order to help the doctor see the various parts of the eye. This method of the procedure is known to produce an upright or unreversed image of the area with as much as about 15 times magnification. The indirect method will require the patient to be placed in a semi seated position and some anesthetic drops will be placed into the eye in order to help dilate the pupil. Once this is done, the doctor will carry out the procedure in the same way as if he were performing a direct fundoscopy. The third version of the procedure is known as a slit lamp funscoscopy and will require the patient to be seated upright with eye drops placed in the eyes. This procedure will require the patient to rest on a chin support in order to maintain position throughout the course of the examination. Once the test has been completed, you can ask your doctor for your fundoscopic exam findings and compare it with the fundoscopic exam normal findings to identify if there is anything wrong with your eyes. You could also speak to your doctor on the various preparations with regard to the Fundoscopic exam as well as information on the fundoscopic CPT code and various side effects arising out of the procedure.