Retina compliance conundrums – Ophthalmic Professional

Commonly occurring issues in coding and coverage require being involved.

Those of us who deal with retina patients run onto a different set of coding issues and regulatory oversight than other specialties in eye care. We have spoken about the most common of these before, but let’s review them in a single column. We’ll also address the newly approved Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), which must be used as of Jan. 1, 2021, for Part B Medicare when required.

This article was published in Ophthalmic Professional’s Coding column, and written by Corcoran’s Senior Consultant, Paul Larson, MBA, MMSC, COMT, COE, CPC, CPMA. To view the entire article in Ophthalmic Professional, click on the link below:

https://www.ophthalmicprofessional.com/issues/2020/september-october-2020/coding