Bonus #11: What Are Category III CPT Codes?

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Show Notes:

• Local Coverage Determination
• CPT III Code Determinations

Code Examples:

• 0198T Ocular blood flow measure

• 0207T Clear eyelid gland w/ heat/intermittent pressure 

• 0329T Monitoring of IOP for 24 hours or longer- report 

• 0330T Tear film imaging, unilateral or bilateral-report 

• 0333T Visual evoked potential, screening of acuity-auto

• 0464T Visual evoked potential testing for glaucoma

• 0341T Quantitative pupillometry with interpretation and report

• 0356T Insertion of drug-eluting implant into lacrimal canaliculus, each

• 0378T Visual field assessment, with concurrent real time data analysis and accessible data storage with patient-initiated data transmitted to a remote surveillance center for up to 30 days; review and interpretation with report by a physician or other qualified health care professional

• 0379T Technical support and patient instructions, surveillance, analysis, and transmission of daily + emergent data reports prescribed by a physician or other qualified health care professional

• 0380T Computer-aided animation + analysis of time series retinal images for the monitoring of disease progression, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report 

• 0444T Initial placement of a drug-eluting ocular insert under one or more eyelids, including fitting, training, and insertion, unilateral or bilateral

• 0445T Subsequent placement of a drug-eluting ocular insert under one or more eyelids, including re-training, and removal of existing insert, unilateral or bilateral