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Get Clarity on OCT Coding and Avoid These Pitfalls

Published on Tue Dec 30, 2025

Can you bill OCT separately for each eye? Find out. Since its introduction in the 1990s, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a practically routine part of a comprehensive eye exam, especially for patients at high risk for eye disease. One of the most frequently performed diagnostic imaging tests in ophthalmology and optometry, OCT’s ability to provide high-resolution, cross-sectional images [...]
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