AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine: Special Ophthalmological Services (August 2006)

August 2006 page 11a Medicine: Special Ophthalmological Services, 92015 (Q&A) Question Is refraction included in a comprehensive ophthalmology service? AMA Comment The determination of the refractive state is listed as a separate code, 92015, Determination of refractive state, which is not included in the definition of a comprehensive ophthalmological service. Determination of refractive state was removed from the definition of comprehensive ophthalmological services in 1992. The example listed under Special Ophthalmological Services in the Ophthalmology guidelines lists refraction as a special service that is separately reported. Medicine: Special Ophthalmological Services, 92015 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2006; August 2006...

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