tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 2

OPTOMETRY: How To Code For Co-Managing Back-to-Back Cataract Surgeries

You only have 90 days to perform postoperative careAccurately coding for cataract care depends on the date of service and documentation. Use the example below to clear up your cataract coding claims.Situation: An optometrist refers a 68-year-old Medicare patient with nuclear cataracts (366.16, Nuclear sclerosis) to an ophthalmic surgeon for cataract surgery on her left eye. On April 14, she has the surgery on her left eye. One week later, on April 21, she has cataract surgery on her right eye. On April 22, the ophthalmic surgeon relinquishes care, sending the patient back to the optometrist for...

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