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Ocular Ultrasound:

A or B or Both? Answer This Question to Select the Right Diagnostic Ultrasound Code

Published on Wed Jun 19, 2019

Lesion details and a spike graph are your clues. Submitting perfect claims for your physician’s diagnostic ophthalmic ultrasound services is possible if you’re careful about scouring the report for details on the scan type and measurements generated from the test. Can You Scan This For Me? An ophthalmologic ultrasound is a diagnostic test which uses high-frequency sound waves to diagnose [...]
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