Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
These Z Codes Can Make Your Day
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Eye care practices that are unfamiliar with additional Z codes beyond the ones mentioned here may benefit from a quick review of this helpful list, which shares a peek at just a few of the diagnoses that can support your ophthalmology claims:
You can use them to reflect a patient’s surgical history, such as the following:
Z codes can describe implants:
Use them to share personal histories:
Z codes often apply in aftercare scenarios:
These codes can be helpful to describe specific encounters:
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