AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 10 (October)
Modifiers 50 and 52: Special Ophthalmological Services (October 2012)
October 2012 pages 9-11 Modifiers 50 and 52: Special Ophthalmological Services A February 1997 CPT Assistant article clarified the use of modifier 50, Bilateral Procedure, when organs or body areas are paired, such as the extremities or the eyes. Since publication of that article, the current methods for performing eye procedures as well as technological changes have affected the way in which modifiers are used when reporting these procedures. For nonsurgical ophthalmological procedures, this is especially apparent. In addition, in certain circumstances, modifier 52, Reduced Services, may be applicable when an inherently bilateral procedure is performed on only one...
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