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Cataracts:

Simple Solutions for Complex Cataract Coding

Published on Mon Jul 14, 2014

Our expert answers for your frequently-asked 66982 questions. With cataracts affecting nearly 22 million Americans older than 40 — and more than half of all Americans 80 and older — it would be surprising if your practice did not perform a good number of cataract surgeries each year. And with reimbursement for complex cataract surgery CPT® code 66982 at about [...]
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