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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

These Z Codes Can Make Your Claims Shine

Published on Tue Jul 19, 2016

Eye care practices that are unfamiliar with additional Z codes beyond the ones mentioned here may benefit from a quick review of this helpful list, which shares a peek at just a few of the diagnoses that can support your ophthalmology claims: You can use them to reflect a patient’s surgical history, such as the following: Z98.41 (Cataract extraction status, [...]
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