Alaska Blind Child Discovery
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cooperative, charitable research project to vision screen every preschool
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ABCD History
Kids Eye Disorders
Conventional monocular acuity screening can be reimbused using CPT code 99173.
Starting January 2008, 99174 shall be used to bill for photoscreening!
Amblyopia
Vision Screening
Issues
ABCD Clinics
Objective screening
using a photo technique (photoscreening or remote autorefraction) previously could
be billed using the category 3 (emerging technology) code
0065T. In January 2008 a level 1 CPT code 99174 was assigned and in November 2008 an RVU of 0.69 was assigned.
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Diagnostic Codes useful for vision screening:
A positive photoscreen is an asymmetric white / yellow image in the pupil and therefore should be coded 360.44 for "leukocoria." Until ruled out by confirmatory exam, you do NOT know the positive photoscreen is not due to retinoblastoma or irregular retinal color. Additional diagnostic codes are V71.89, v41.0, v70.5 (preschool), or 369.3 might also be used for vision screen referrals.
