Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

CCI Update:

Watch for Amniotic Membrane, Implant Bundles

Note modifier indicators to see if separate reporting is possible. Amid the thousands of edit pairs in the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Version 20.3, effective Oct. 1, about a dozen may have an impact on your ophthalmology practice. There are 5,247 new edit pairs in CCI 20.3, bringing the total number of active edits to 1,340,210, says Frank Cohen, MPA, [...]
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