tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 28

Coding Coach: Are You Ready For These 3 Cataract Coding Scenarios?

Surgery on both eyes on different dates means 2 global periods. It's not always easy to keep your eye on accurate cataract coding, but today we've got a primer that can keep your eye surgery dollars coming in. With several possible cataract surgery treatments available to physicians these days, you'll face a lot of room for coding error -- which can equateto more than $600 at stake for cataract procedures in 2008. Use these tricky scenarios as a guide through some of the most problematic cataract coding situations that you might face.Append 79 for Surgery in Fellow Eye...

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