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Scour for Retinal Break Specifics Before Reporting H33 Series

Published on Tue Jul 25, 2023

Question: Our retinal doctor performed surgery for retinal detachment (67108) and said the diagnosis is “retinal detachment with occult breaks of the right eye.” Would that be coded as a single break? The op note states that no definitive retinal break was noted. What ICD-10-CM code should we report? Idaho Subscriber Answer: The answer depends on what’s missing from the [...]
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