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Low Vision Rehabilitation:

Can You Accurately Code Both Parts of the Vision Rehab Process?

Published on Tue Jun 21, 2022

Hint: The initial visit may simply involve an E/M code. When most medical specialty coders think about rehab, they envision a patient performing physical therapy to improve strength or occupational therapy to account for quality-of-life issues. But when it comes to the eye care field, an important type of rehab addresses low vision — and Medicare payers will reimburse you [...]
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