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Moderate Sedation Adjustment Impacts 66720

Published on Thu Mar 23, 2017

Question: We’ve noticed that payment for 66720 (Ciliary body destruction; cryotherapy) has dropped this year and our carrier can’t explain why. Can you explain the problem? Codify Subscriber Answer: The pay cut that you discovered involves a change in the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule that impacts codes that previously had moderate sedation payment bundled into them. You’ll note that [...]
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