Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
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Check This Breakdown of Which Codes Ophthalmologists, Optometrists Are Reporting Nationwide
Published on Tue May 24, 2022
Once you compare your practice’s benchmarking data over time, you may want to take the next step and compare your coding trends to those of other ophthalmologists in the country. Following are the codes most often reported by eye care specialists, according to a Medicare statistical analysis E/M Code Comparison report that was run on Nov. 13, 2020 and released by Part B MAC Palmetto GBA on December 8, 2020 (the most recent time period available at press time). The analysis reviewed claims for specialty code 18 (Ophthalmology) and specialty code 41 (Optometry) for the time period Jan. 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, and revealed the following results:
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