Details of billing new patient exams – Retina Specialists

All physicians use evaluation and management  codes for clinical encounters. Ophthalmologists also have specific “eye codes” at their disposal. Though it may seem that adding more choice will just create confusion, both E/M and eye codes are useful tools for billing retinal exams. Here, I’ll focus on new patient exams as the E/M code system has slightly different rules for new vs. established patients.

This article was published in Retina Specialist, which is written by Ellen R. Adams, MBA. To view the entire article in Retina Specialist, click on the link below:

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