Wiki 65435 + 92071?

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I'm just making an educated guess here. Depending on the diagnosis which led to the removal of the cornea epithelium, I would imagine that you could bill for the fitting of the bandage contact lens to cover the "wound" created by the removal of the epithelium.
 
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What if our provider has billed 65222, 65435, and 92071 on the same DOS? Since 65222+65435 is a bundled code according to CCI edits, what modifier could be used?
 
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Did the provider remove a foreign body or remove the epithelium for some other reason? If for FB, then 65222. If for some other reason, then 65435.
65435 bundles the 92071 so you can't bill both.
I wouldn't suggest trying to "break" the bundle by using the 59 modifier.
 
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So it sounds like the epithelium was disturbed by the removal of the FB and he removed some epithelium to "clean up" the would area created by the FB removal. I would choose the 65xxx which pays the most and bill that. Don't bill for an office visit code or bandage CL with either of those.
 
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