Reader Questions:
Leave Modifiers Off This POAG Exam Claim
Published on Fri Sep 20, 2024
Question: If a patient comes in with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and we perform gonioscopy, a visual field examination, and ophthalmic diagnostic imaging, can we code the gonioscopy with the other procedures? And if we do, would we append modifier 59 to the gonioscopy? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: In this situation, you can bill all three procedures, including the gonioscopy. Your coding [...]