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Wiki Anthem BCBS Denying 2nd Eye Cataract Surgery

Is anyone having issues with Anthem denying/rejecting the second eye cataract surgery within global of the first eye as "modifier used is inconsistent with procedure?" 66984 - RT w/ ICD-10: H25.811 66984 - 79, LT w/ ICD-10: H25.812 We have never had issues before and cannot get through to a...
- ksnyder@eccnc.net
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- Nov 14, 2018
- 66984 anthem cataract surgery denial second eye
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Billing/Reimbursement
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Wiki 0191T with cataract surgey

Hi, I am new to coding ophthalmology surgeries. My office and I are trying to figure out how to correctly bill an I-stent with a cataract surgery on the institutional claim form. We received some CO97 denials on the claims we have billed with them so far. My questions are: Does the 0191T need a...
- clovemichaud
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- Feb 10, 2016
- 0191t 66984 cataract claim diagnosis
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Outpatient Facilities
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Wiki 66984 with 65772

I have a Ophthalmologist who is doing cataract surgery (66984) and at the same time is doing a corneal relaxing incision (65772) because his 66984 will cause an astigmatism and he doesn't want to inconvenience the patient by having them come back at a later time to have that fixed. The CPT book...
- Captain74
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- Oct 14, 2009
- 65772 66984 astigmatism cataract ophthalmology
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion

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