tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 11
Part B Coding Coach: Focus on 65205-65222 and 65270-65286 for Eye Injury Claims
Tip: Foreign body removal can be included in the corneal repair. Although it’s not nearly as traumatic as it is for the patient, coding for emergency treatment of eye injuries in the office can certainly be stressful for coders, especially faced with Medicare’s strict compliance guidelines. When a patient rushes in with a corneal laceration from glass stuck in his eye, you know that the ophthalmologist needs more time and skill than usual to deal with the traumatic eye injury. Yet Medicare has strict rules for coding ophthalmic emergencies in the office. Some of the most common...
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