Optometry Coding & Billing Alert

Keep all of your critical postoperative care data at your fingertips

When it's time to submit your bill for postoperative co-management of a cataract patient, it's helpful to have all the pertinent information in one place. Keeping track of essential dates, as well as how much follow-up (F/U) care the surgeon provided, will help keep your claims clean and rewarding.

Patient _____________________       Date of birth _____________________
         
(circle one)        Right eye                      Left eye

Surgery date _____________________________________

Post-op care starts_____________________________________

Surgeon's F/U care from _____________________ (date)   through_____________________  (date)

Number of days F/U by surgeon ______________________

OD assumes care starting____________ (date) through____________(date) [Copy in Line 19 of CMS-1500]

Number of days F/U by OD______________________________[Copy in Line 24g of CMS-1500]

Do make sure that the number of days in Line 19 and number of days in Line 24g of CMS-1500 match.
 
Don-t file the claim electronically; use a paper claim instead.

Don-t file for both eyes on the same CMS-1500 form. Use two forms, one for each eye.

Form contributed by Charles Wimbish, OD, president of Wimbish Consulting Group in Martinsville, Va.