Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
Free Anthrax Coding Report on Web
Published on Tue Jan 01, 2002
Physicians and other healthcare professionals who provide services to any patients with actual or possible anthrax exposure know that the encounters must be correctly coded. This is necessary for accurate health records and insurance claims; it is also mandated by law.
Until now, however, there has been no central compen-dium of anthrax coding information and advice. Therefore, The Coding Institute organized a task force to provide a special report on anthrax coding.
This 16-page report has been posted free of charge on our Web site at www.codinginstitute.com/extra/anthrax.
Other Articles in this issue of
Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
- Use Different Diagnosis When Billing for an Office Visit and Minor Surgery
When the diagnosis is the same or similar for an office visit and minor surgery, [...] - Choose Modifiers -58, -78, -79 for Re-Repair of Detached Retina
Re-repairs are uncommon, but they happen. Candidates often have a detached retina (67107-67112) and have [...] - You Be the Coder:
Is Refraction for Medicare Patient
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the [...] - News Brief:
Good News and Bad News in Medicare Fee Schedule
The Medicare Fee Schedule for 2002, with its reduced conversion factor, will lower [...] - Free Anthrax Coding Report on Web
Physicians and other healthcare professionals who provide services to any patients with actual or possible [...] - CMS Downgrades A- and B-Scan Supervision Requirements
Ophthalmologists can now leave more tests to their technicians, freeing up their time for surgery [...] - News Brief:
Visudyne for Occult ARMD Not yet Covered
Now that coding and payment policies for ocular photodynamic therapy (OPT) (67221, destruction of localized [...] - Reader Question:
Modifier -GX Replacements
Question: I heard that modifier -GX is being replaced. What should I use instead?
Ohio Subscriber [...] - Reader Question:
Snipping a Conjunctival Cyst
Question: A doctor removed a conjunctival cyst, but did not incise or drain it, only [...] - Reader Question:
Dx for Irritated Pinguecula
Question: Which diagnosis code should I use for an irritated pinguecula?
Connecticut Subscriber
Answer: A pinguecula [...]
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