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Ophthalmology & Optometry: Look to Documentation for the Right E/M, Eye Code Decision

Hint: Payer guidelines for diagnostic and treatment programs are key. No matter what your specialty, office visit coding is always challenging. For ophthalmology and optometry coders, that challenge often means having to choose between the familiar 99201-99215 E/M codes and two other services that are specialty specific. Codes 92002 (Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation with initiation of diagnostic and [...]
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