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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

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Get on the Right Side of this IOL PC TC Claim

Published on Thu Aug 22, 2024

Question: What is the correct way to bill 92136 when both the technical and professional components are performed on the same day? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: Before a patient can present for cataract surgery, your eye care specialist needs to calculate their intraocular lens (IOL) power, which you will report with 76519 (Ophthalmic biometry by ultrasound echography, A-scan; with intraocular lens power [...]
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