Associated Diagnoses
Published on Mon Sep 16, 2013
Medicare covers IOL calculation procedures for patients about to undergo cataract surgery. But just listing 366.x (Cataract) as your diagnosis code is likely to get your claim rejected. Below is a list of specific ICD-9 codes that most carriers recognize as demonstrating medical necessity for both 76519 (Ophthalmic biometry by ultrasound echography, A-scan; with intraocular lens power calculation) and 92136 [...]