Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Handle Your Eye Diagnoses With Care By Pinpointing Anatomic Site
Published on Tue Mar 15, 2011 
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Differentiate your conjunctiva from your macula and you'll be on your way to coding bliss. Physicians who treat eye conditions are accustomed to dealing with a wide variety of diagnoses, and it's up to the coder to link the correct ICD-9 codes to the ophthalmology services. Use the anatomic drawing below to locate the part of the eye that your physician addressed, and match that to the sampling of applicable ICD-9 codes in the chart at the bottom of this page.
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