tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2009 Issue 8

Mind Location, Instrumentation, and Eye FBRs Won't Play Tricks onYou

Youll sell ED short if you cannot recognize slit lamp use. Coders skilled at eyeing opportunities to choose a slit lamp code for corneal foreign body removal (FBR) are a good asset, netting their EDs $13 more for the same service. Gaze down the path to wisdom with this expert advice on how to code your physicians ocular FBRs. Code Superficially for FBR by Washout The area of the eye matters on your ocular FBR services. For FBRs from the conjunctiva, coders should report 65205 (Removal of foreign body, external eye; conjunctival superficial) or 65210 (& conjunctival, embedded [includes...

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