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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

CPT® 2014:

99446-99449: New E/M Codes Capture Doc Discussions

Published on Fri Dec 06, 2013

Make sure to include a written report. Who knows if Medicare will pay, but you should be able to bill some payers for your ophthalmologist’s interprofessional consultation services beginning Jan. 1, 2014. That’s because CPT® 2014 introduces four new codes that describe the work of two medical professionals who discuss a patient’s condition via phone or Internet, as follows: 99446 [...]
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