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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

Cataract Surgery:

3 Scenarios Help Focus Your Cataract Coding

Published on Mon May 27, 2013

Tip: You can code vitrectomies separately — sometimes. With several possible surgical treatments for cataract procedures, which you probably code more often than any other surgery, there’s a lot of room for error — with over $800 at stake for complex cataract procedures in 2013. Use these tricky scenarios as a guide through some of the most problematic cataract coding situations: [...]
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