AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 6 (June)

Coding Clarification: Remote Retinal Imaging Services (June 2021)

June 2021 page 8 Coding Clarification: Remote Retinal Imaging Services In the January 2021 issue of CPT®Assistant, the article, “Reporting Remote Retinal Imaging Procedures in 2021” discussed codes 92227-92229. The article stated, “[r]evised code 92227 is now a parent code, and codes 92228 and 92229 are child codes to code 92227.” Unfortunately, this statement has caused some general confusion, as well as confusion about the omission of the physician work involved in the procedures represented by these codes. This article will provide further clarification of these services. Ophthalmoscopy  92227Imaging of retina for detection or monitoring of disease...

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