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Bonus #9: What are HCCs?
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Bonus #9: What are HCCs?

EyeCode Media

April 24, 20206m 21sbonus

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Below is a (non-exhaustive) list of commonly used codes in optometry that if appropriate should be included on the claim form once per year even if it is a secondary diagnosis:

 

  • H40.10X(0,1,2,3,4) - Unspecified open-angle glaucoma

  • H40.11X(0,1,2,3,4) - Primary open-angle glaucoma

  • H40.121(0,1,2,3,4) - Low-tension glaucoma, right eye

  • H40.122(0,1,2,3,4) - Low-tension glaucoma, left eye

  • H40.123(0,1,2,3,4) - Low-tension glaucoma, bilateral

  • H40.129(0,1,2,3,4) - Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye

  • H40.131(0,1,2,3,4) - Pigmentary glaucoma, right eye

  • H40.132(0,1,2,3,4) - Pigmentary glaucoma, left eye

  • H40.133(0,1,2,3,4) - Pigmentary glaucoma, bilateral

  • H40.139(0,1,2,3,4) - Pigmentary glaucoma, unspecified eye

  • H40.15(1,2,3,9)      - Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma

  • H43.1(0,1,2,3)        - Vitreous hemorrhage

  • I10                          - Essential (primary) hypertension