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    Coding Top 10 - May 2022
    APR 22, 2022 in ICD-10, Exams, Ask the Expert, Coding Updates, Glaucoma, Coding Competency, Retina, Coding Top 10, Modifiers, CPT, Cataract/Anterior Segment, Oculofacial
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    Lesion Removal MUEs
    APR 22, 2022 in Ask the Expert, Oculofacial, Modifiers, Coding Top 10
    Patient had lesions removed on all four eyelids. MUE states it is three. Can we bill two separate line items each with a 50 modifier?
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    Coding Top 10 - April 2022
    MAR 31, 2022 in Coding Competency, Modifiers, Coding Updates, Glaucoma, Ask the Expert, Pediatric/Strabismus, Cataract/Anterior Segment, CPT, ICD-10, Exams, Oculofacial, Retina, Coding Top 10
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    Coding Top 10 - March 2022
    MAR 03, 2022 in Coding Top 10, Coding Updates, Pediatric/Strabismus, Glaucoma, Coding Competency, ICD-10, Cataract/Anterior Segment, CPT, Modifiers, Exams, Oculofacial, Ask the Expert, Retina
    Get trusted answers to your coding questions from the Academy's coding experts, so you can bill and code with confidence.
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    Can modifier -59 be appended to the mullerectomy if two separate incisions were not documented?
    MAR 02, 2022 in Oculofacial, Ask the Expert, Coding Top 10
    I have a surgeon that performed a blepharoplasty (CPT code 15823) and Mullerectomy (CPT code 67908). Can modifier -59 be appended to the mullerectomy if two separate incisions were not documented?
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    Congratulations to OCS and OCSR Designees
    DEC 08, 2021 in Modifiers, Cornea, Pediatric/Strabismus, Cataract/Anterior Segment, Coding Updates, CPT, Exams, Glaucoma, Testing Services, ICD-10, Oculofacial, Coding Competency, Retina
    Individuals who who have passed the Ophthalmic Coding Specialist and/or Ophthalmic Coding Specialist Retina exams.
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    Coding Top 10 - September 2021
    SEP 22, 2021 in Retina, Oculofacial, Testing Services, ICD-10, Cataract/Anterior Segment, Exams, Glaucoma, Coding Top 10, Ask the Expert, Coding Updates
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    Please clarify the current bundling policy or if these codes can be billed as separate procedures? Do we use 67903 or 67904 Ptosis and 15823 Blepharoplasty?
    SEP 22, 2021 in Oculofacial, Ask the Expert
    Please clarify the current bundling policy or if these codes can be billed as separate procedures? Do we use 67903 or 67904 Ptosis and 15823 Blepharoplasty?
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    When performing external ocular photography of patients prior to upper lid blepharoplasties, must the picture itself be tagged by patient name, chart number and date of service?
    SEP 08, 2021 in Testing Services, Oculofacial, Ask the Expert
    When performing external ocular photography of patients prior to upper lid blepharoplasties, must the picture itself be tagged by patient name, chart number and date of service?
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    HOPD Prior Authorization Tracking Number
    AUG 14, 2020 in Oculofacial, Ask the Expert
    We are performing a blepharoplasty in the hospital outpatient department and have received a provisional affirmation to proceed. Does the surgeon’s claim require the 14-digit UTN?
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    ICD-10 Code for Inferior Oblique Overaction
    AUG 14, 2020 in ICD-10, Pediatric/Strabismus, Ask the Expert, Oculofacial
    I am searching for an inferior oblique overaction ICD-10 diagnosis code.
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    Frequency of punctal plugs
    AUG 14, 2020 in Ask the Expert, Oculofacial
    We have a patient requesting quick-dissolving plugs, which require reinsertion monthly. How often can we insert punctal plugs on a single patient?
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    Prior Authorization for Medicare
    JUN 24, 2020 in Ask the Expert, Oculofacial
    I recently heard Medicare requires a prior authorization on blepharoplasties. In the past we’ve been unable to prior authorize services with Medicare. Is this new?
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    Prior Authorization of Blepharoplasty and Botox Procedures Required Starting July 1
    JUN 03, 2020 in Oculofacial, Ask the Expert
    Hospital outpatient departments must preauthorize blepharoplasty and Botox procedures performed on or after July 1, but the process can begin June 17.
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    Unsuccessful Probing of Nasal Lacrimal Duct
    MAR 01, 2020 in Coding Updates, CPT, Ask the Expert, Coding Top 10, Oculofacial
    Question: Our surgeon dilated and probed the patient’s right lacrimal duct. However, the probing was unsuccessful. Should we submit CPT code 68810 Probing of nasolacrimal duct, with or without irrigation, with modifier -52 for reduced services?
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    Coding Top 10: Frequency of Retina OCT, Frequency of Billing Fundus Photography and Superglue to Eye
    MAR 01, 2020 in Testing Services, Exams, Cataract/Anterior Segment, Coding Top 10, Oculofacial, Ask the Expert, Glaucoma, Modifiers, Coding Updates
    Get trusted answers to your coding questions from the Academy’s coding experts, so you can bill and code with confidence. The March coding selections include: Frequency of Retina OCT, Frequency of Billing Fundus Photography and Superglue to Eye
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    Adjustment to Frontalis Sling
    DEC 18, 2019 in Oculofacial, Ask the Expert
    Question: How do you bill for frontalis sling adjustment?
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    ICD-10 Code for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Skin of Eyelid
    DEC 18, 2019 in Ask the Expert, Oculofacial
    Question: Is ICD-10 code C44.12- Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus really C44.122 for the right eyelid and C44.129 for the left eyelid?
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    CPT Code for Globe Exploration
    DEC 11, 2019 in Ask the Expert, Oculofacial
    Question: Our surgeon performed an exploration of the left globe on a patient who was thought to may have a ruptured globe due to blunt trauma, but fortunately none was found. The surgeon did not explore the orbit, only the globe. What CPT code should be billed?
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    CPT code 15004 Denied by Medicare
    DEC 11, 2019 in Ask the Expert, Oculofacial
    Question: Our surgeon performed and billed for CPT code 67966 Excision and repair of eyelid, along with 15004 Surgical preparation of recipient site. Medicare denied 15004. The surgeon feels this is incorrect. Should we have billed this differently?
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