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Archive > February, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 2

Coding & Billing

Getting Paid for Presbyopia-correcting IOLs

Sarah Wright, CPC

Sarah Wright, CPC Just when coders were beginning to believe that they'd mastered the ins and outs of ophthalmology coding, along come presbyopia-correcting IOLs to create a new set of billing challenges.

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