Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

You Be the Coder:

Remember the Essential Bundling Edits

Question: Our new office manager is facing some confusion about what codes we would report for an office visit. Can we bill 92002 and 99204 together if the physician sees the patient for a general ophthalmological service and then also addresses cataracts, requiring an E/M code, on the same day? Florida Subscriber Answer: No, you can’t report these two codes [...]
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