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E/M Codes or Eye Code?

Published on Tue Nov 21, 2017

One method that some practices use to select between eye codes and E/M codes is to read through the documentationand then selection which eye code and/or which E/M code would be most appropriate. If the documentation supports one code from each category, you may compare reimbursement between the two and determine which pays more. To make this process easier, check [...]
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