In 2017 every Eyecare clinic needs to up their game in terms of ICD10 coding specificity. Remember, you don’t need to outrun the lion, just the 90% of Eyecare clinics who do not take this seriously. That’s how you become a top ten-percent earner in Eyecare [Optimize Compliance/Maximize Revenue]
If you work in an optometry or ophthalmology office the following questions below will help you assess your ICD-10 coding and documentation knowledge. These are not basic ICD-10 questions but more representative of how accurate coding can help your practice optimize r compliance and maximize revenue. The answers to the questions below are all in the EyeCodingForum ICD-10 recorded video training course.
Please share these with everyone you know in Eyecare:
- How do you report a dense cataract?
- How do you report a rule-out of a blowout fracture?
- How do you report a nasal or temporal pterygium?
- Does blurred vision [H53.8] support medical necessity?
- In ICD-10 you cannot report wet or dry ARMD by eye (right or left) [True or false?].
- How do you report “uncontrolled diabetes Type II” in ICD-10?
- Is degenerative myopia [H44.2*] paid on a medical claim?
- Which code categories do not have a bilateral (3) option?
- How do you know how to sequence ICD-10 codes on the claim form? [What is a good source of this information?]
- How do you report bacterial conjunctivitis?
- Is refractive amblyopia [H53.02*] paid on a medical claim?
- Can the removal a suture, stent, conjunctival concretion removal be coded as a foreign body removal?
Jeffrey Restuccio, CPC, COC
EyeCodingForum.com
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