Subscriptions

Advertising

Resources

About Us

Contact Us

Create An Account Forgot Your Password?
Trouble logging in or creating an account? click here
Home This Month E-Weekly Newsletter Building a Facility Article Archive Second Opinions
Search:
Benchmarking
General Surgery
Accrediting/Quality
Anesthesia
Code/Bill/Reimburse
Building/Renovating
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111003_Ansell_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120426_PDI_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20110124_ImageFirst_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120201_Provation_LB-154x100.gif
Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > February, 2004 Vol. V, No. 2

Coding & Billing

Focus on 2004 Ophthalmic Coding Changes

Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS

Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS Most of the 2004 ophthalmology-related CPT changes pertain to oculoplastic surgery, including an overhaul of the descriptors for blepharoplasty. Let's look at some of the key revisions.

Sign in to continue reading.
Email Address:
Password:
Categories: Code/Bill/Reimburse, Ophthalmology
Keywords:
CCS; CMS; CPT; Code; Code Prompt; Corneal; Harvesting; Jones, RHIA, CCS; Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS; M. Jones, RHIA, CCS; Make; Medicare Program Memo; Memo; Ocular; PDF; Possibilities; Program Memo; Quickly; RHIA, CCS; Repair; Revisions Although CMS; Stevens-Johnson; Technique; accompanies; act; all-new; allograft; amniotic; and/or; area; association; attaches; autograft; bandage; billing; biological; blepharoplasty; book; bullous; burns; capsulopalpebral; cell; changed; chemical; clinical; code; coded; coders; codes; coding; confidential; conjunctiva; conjunctival; cornea; corneal; corneal-be... show all keywords
CCS; CMS; CPT; Code; Code Prompt; Corneal; Harvesting; Jones, RHIA, CCS; Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS; M. Jones, RHIA, CCS; Make; Medicare Program Memo; Memo; Ocular; PDF; Possibilities; Program Memo; Quickly; RHIA, CCS; Repair; Revisions Although CMS; Stevens-Johnson; Technique; accompanies; act; all-new; allograft; amniotic; and/or; area; association; attaches; autograft; bandage; billing; biological; blepharoplasty; book; bullous; burns; capsulopalpebral; cell; changed; chemical; clinical; code; coded; coders; codes; coding; confidential; conjunctiva; conjunctival; cornea; corneal; corneal-bed; correct; defined; depend; derived; describes; descriptor; diagnosis; direct; disease; disrupted; dissection; distinction; distinguish; documented; donor; download; ectropion; eliminate; emphasize; entropion; epithelial; erythema; established; examples; excessive; excision; extensive; eye; eyelid; eyelids; facilitate; fascia; fat; filtered; finally; fraction; generally; gold; graft; harvesting; he'll; heading; heals; herniated; identification; important; include; including; indicating; information; integumentary; intent; involves; key; left; lid; limbal; list; living; load; longer; lower; lower-eyelid; lumped; make; margin; matching; materials; mechanical; medical; membrane; memo; multiple; natural; neurotrophic; obtaining; ocular; oculoplastic; operative; ophthalmic; ophthalmology; ophthalmology-related; opposite; orbital; overhaul; page; pannus; patient's; performed; perilimbal; persistent; pertain; procedure; produce; prolapse; promote; reconstruction; record; reduce; reducing; redundant; reimbursable; reimbursement; repair; repairs; replaced; report; represent; revised; sclera; sections; sensory; severe; skin; specific; staff; stem; strip; superficial; surface; surgeon; surgical; surgically; syndrome; synonymous; tarsal; technique; terminology; tissue; toxic; transplant; transplantation; transplants; trauma; treat; treated; types; updates; upper; upper-eyelid; wedge; weighting

© Copyright Herrin Publishing Partners LP. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPYRIGHTED CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. We encourage LINKING to this content; view our linking policy here.

PRODUCT & SERVICE RESOURCES
Did You See This?
A showcase of products and services geared to make your facility better.

Architects' Showcase
Is a beautiful, efficient new facility in your future?
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120430_KenQuest_AR-300x250.gif
Other Articles That May Interest You
OIG Uncovers Nearly $7M in Potential Improper Medicare Payments to ASCs
CMS plans to recover $102,879 in confirmed improper payments and continue review.
CMS Proposes Rate Increases of 0.9% for ASCs, 1.5% for HOPDs in 2012
First-ever quality reporting program for ASCs would begin on volunteer basis next year under proposal.
Gynecologists Offering Breast Augmentation and Ophthalmologists Doing Liposuction
News report examines why more and more doctors perform cosmetic procedures outside their specialty.