Optometry Coding & Billing Alert

ICD-10 Bridge

Published on Fri Apr 22, 2011

Once ICD-10 is implemented in 2013, the diagnosis codes in the above story will be different. Check out this crosswalk for the correct keratoconus diagnoses:

Optometry Coding & Billing Alert

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