Billing of cataract surgery as complex versus routine for Medicare beneficiariesSidra Zafar MDPeiqi Wang MDDivya Srikumaran MDOliver D. Schein MD, MPHJennifer E. Thorne MD, PhDMartin A. Makary MD, MPHFasika A. Woreta MD, MPHJournal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery...
However, there are various challenges for Cataract Post-Op Co-Management Claims There is often confusion with the date of the patient visited the optometrist and the date of surgery There is an incorrect use of Assumed Care Date (date postoperative care assumed by another provider) and Relinquishe...
Superscript 0 - Column 2 code will not be reimbursed, regardless of modifiers used. # 2 Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) - Units of service. For example, it would be medically unlikely to bill 4 units of service for cataract extraction (66988), as there are only 2 eyes. Place and Type ...
comment for 97% of encounters, the medical record documentation supported the icd-9-cm billing codes used. for all 5 conditions studied, 92% or more of the encounters were billed accurately. our findings expand on the findings of the previous studies of cataract surgery and glaucoma. this ...