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Can You Report Standalone Code for Femtosecond Laser?

Published on Fri Nov 20, 2020

Question: Our physician recently started using a femtosecond laser during keratoplasty. Which code should we report for the femtosecond laser? Georgia Subscriber Answer: The femtosecond laser can help the surgeon more accurately perform keratoplasty to make corneal incisions, which allows better precision and faster healing during these procedures. However, coding these situations may be confusing because it requires you to [...]
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