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Unilateral OCT

Published on Mon Dec 15, 2014

Question: We performed an OCT on a patient’s left eye, and filed the claim with 92133-LT. Will the payment be reduced because only one eye was done? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: The optical coherence tomography test, code 92133 (Scanning computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging, posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve), is considered bilateral, and payment is for both eyes. [...]
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