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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

ICD-10-CM:

You'll Find New Myopia, Blindness Codes on Oct. 1

Published on Thu Jul 20, 2017

CMS has released the finalized list of 2018 diagnosis codes. Eye care coders hoping for scores of new ICD-10 codes starting this fall are in luck, with over 300 new diagnosis codes debuting on Oct. 1. CMS published the full listing of codes on June 13, but we’ve reviewed the list to identify the changes most relevant to ophthalmology and [...]
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