Optometry Coding & Billing Alert
EOM Function Test
Question:
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Answer: You can report 92060 (Sensorimotor examination with multiple measurements of ocular deviation with interpretation and report [separate procedure]) on the same day as an eye exam (92002-92014) or E/M code. Optometrists perform the test to look for focusing or accommodative problems in extraocular muscle (EOM) function.
Common diagnosis codes for this test are 378.1x (Exotropia) and 378.0x (Esotropia). Convergence insufficiency, accommodative insufficiency and divergence excess diagnoses would be covered under the exotropia diagnosis.
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