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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

ICD-10 Coding:

New Diagnosis Codes Describe Over a Dozen Corneal Conditions

Published on Wed Jul 22, 2020

Get more specific thanks to new laterality changes. If you’ve been following the annual ICD-10 code revisions over the past few years, you’ve noticed a steady transition toward more laterality than ever in eye care coding. This year is no different, as ophthalmology and optometry practices will have to update their coding systems to accommodate dozens of new codes that [...]
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