Optometry Coding & Billing Alert
Reader Questions:
Report Humphrey 10-2 Test as 'Extended' VF
Published on Tue Aug 12, 2008
Question:
Tennessee Subscriber
Answer:
You are right. Report 92083 (Visual field examination, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report; extended examination [e.g., Goldman visual fields with at least 3 isopters plotted and static determination within the central 30 degrees, or quantitative, automated threshold perimetry, Octopus program G-1, 32 or 42, Humphrey visual field analyzer full threshold programs 30-2, 24-2, or 30/60-2]) to represent the 10-2 red visual field.The CPT definition of 92083 includes the Humphrey 30-2 program as an example of an "extended examination," but even though the definition does not specifically mention the Humphrey 10-2 VF, 92083 is the code to report.
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