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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

Office Visit Coding:

Choose Between E/M, Eye Codes With These Tips

Published on Tue Nov 21, 2017

There's no simple answer to find which code to use, but documentation will drive your choice. Although coding office visits is pretty straightforward for most other specialties, ophthalmologists and optometrists have two options when reporting these visits. Codes 92002-92014 (Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation with initiation of diagnostic and treatment program...) specifically describe ophthalmological services, but eye care specialists [...]
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