Reader Question: Don’t Unbundle Due To Treatment of Contiguous Structures
Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Don’t Unbundle Due To Treatment of Contiguous Structures
Published on Fri Oct 20, 2023
Question: When our surgeons perform mechanical vitrectomy and prophylactic photocoagulation simultaneously, can I bill both and use modifier 59 to unbundle 67036 and 67145? New Mexico [...]
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