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    Billing AC Tap in Post-operative Period


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    Question: Are anterior chamber taps, billable in the post-operative period?

    Answer: When medically necessary, yes. Submit 65800 with modifier -78 if related, but unplanned or modifier -79 if unrelated. Plus, the appropriate eye modifier -RT or -LT.

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