AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 1 (January)

Reporting Remote Retinal Imaging Procedures in 2021 (January 2021)

January 2021 page 10 Reporting Remote Retinal Imaging Procedures in 2021 Technological advances in the field of ophthalmology justify changes to the Special Ophthalmological Services subsection in the Medicine section of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2021 code set. The descriptor language for codes 92227 and 92228 was revised to specify the type of health care professional performing the remote services. A new code (92229) was established to reflect analyses completed by automated means, generating an immediate report for care-management recommendations at the point of care, performed either unilaterally or bilaterally. In addition, several parenthetical notes were revised...

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