tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 7

Ophthalmology News: Remove Your Foreign Bodies and Rust Rings With the Right Codes

Understand when – and when not – to report 65435. Removing a foreign corneal body or rust ring may be a common procedure at your clinic, but getting the code right can be a challenge due to the procedures involved. Keep these tips in mind to stay on the right track. Stay Away from 65435 With FBR If your ophthalmologist removed a rust ring and epithelial tissue from a patient’s central cornea using a slit lamp and a burr, report code 65435 (Removal of corneal epithelium; with or without chemocauterization [abrasion, curettage]) as it describes the procedure most...

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