How to bill Pachymetry of the Cornea?
Posted on Tue, Mar 02, 2010
To bill pachymetry of the cornea, one should use CPT 76514 (corneal
pachymetry, unilateral or bilateral). This code can only be used to report if the procedure is being performed using an Ultrasound technique. Since CPT 76514 is inherently bilateral it should not be reported with any site modifiers (RT or LT). Also it would be inappropriate to use modifier -50 with it. This service includes the interpretation and report, therefore no professional and technical modifiers (-26 or -TC) should be used.
Posted by SMBS Team