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Please help.
Patient seen in ER (9920X or 9200X) for ocular chemical splash and then taken to the OR for ocular lavage because of age/inability to cooperate. Following the wash, the doc performed an EUA (92018). I have checked the NCCI and there is no bundle associated with the ER exam and 92018, but 92018 could not be reported along with an Eye Code. Should I just simply code the exam done in the ER?
(It is my feeling that the patient was taken to the OR b/c of non-cooperation and not because an EUA was necessary. If the patient had been of age to cooperate, I don't think the OR would have been used. There were no additional findings made during the EUA.)
Patient seen in ER (9920X or 9200X) for ocular chemical splash and then taken to the OR for ocular lavage because of age/inability to cooperate. Following the wash, the doc performed an EUA (92018). I have checked the NCCI and there is no bundle associated with the ER exam and 92018, but 92018 could not be reported along with an Eye Code. Should I just simply code the exam done in the ER?
(It is my feeling that the patient was taken to the OR b/c of non-cooperation and not because an EUA was necessary. If the patient had been of age to cooperate, I don't think the OR would have been used. There were no additional findings made during the EUA.)