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OPHTHALMOSCOPY
10/01/2011
Indications and Limitations of Coverage and/or Medical Necessity
Medicare will consider ophthalmoscopy (CPT Codes 92225, 92226) to be medically reasonable and necessary if any one of the following circumstances is present:
• The patient has a malignant neoplasm of the retina or choroid.
o This may appear as a single, round or oval, slightly elevated, gray or nonpigmented lesion.
• The patient has a retained (old) intraocular foreign body, either magnetic or nonmagnetic.
o Signs and symptoms may include
a statement by the patient that something has hit his/her eye (foreign body sensation),
normal or blurred vision,
pain or no discomfort, and
Tearing.
• The patient has
o retinal hemorrhage,
o edema, ischemia,
o exudates and deposits,
o hereditary retinal dystrophies or
o Peripheral retinal degeneration.
• The patient has retinal detachment with or without retinal defect.
o The patient may complain of
light flashes,
dark floating specks, and
Blurred vision that becomes progressively worse.
This may be described by the patient as “a curtain came down over my eyes.”
• The patient has retinal defects without retinal detachment.
• The patient has
o diabetic retinopathy ( e.g., background retinopathy or proliferative retinopathy),
o retinal vascular occlusion, or
o Separation of the retinal layers.
o This may be evidenced by
microaneurysms,
cotton wool spots,
exudates,
hemorrhages, or
Fibrous proliferation.
• The patient has experienced sudden visual loss or transient visual loss.
o This may be described as trouble seeing or vision going in and out.
• The patient has
o chorioretinitis,
o chorioretinal scars or choroidal degeneration,
o dystrophies,
o hemorrhage and rupture, or
o Detachment.
• The patient has Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome.
o This disease is characterized by
bilateral uveitis,
dysacousia,
meningeal irritation,
whitening of patches of hair (poliosis),
vitiligo, and
Retinal detachment.
The disease can be initiated by a severe headache, deep orbital pain, vertigo, and nausea.
• The patient has sustained
o a penetrating wound to the orbit
o Resulting in the retention of a foreign body in the eye.
• The patient has disorders of the vitreous body
o vitreous hemorrhage or
o Posterior vitreous detachment.
o Spots before the eyes (floaters) and flashing lights (photopsia) can be signs/symptoms of these disorders.
• The patient has posterior scleritis.
o Signs and symptoms may include
severe pain and inflammation,
proptosis,
limited ocular movements, and
a loss of a portion of the visual field.
• The patient has degenerative disorders of the globe.
• The patient has retinoschisis and retinal cysts.
o Patients may complain of light flashes and floaters.
• The patient has signs and symptoms of endophthalmitis which may include
o severe pain,
o redness,
o photophobia, and
o Profound loss of vision.
• The patient has glaucoma or is a glaucoma suspect.
o This may be evidenced by increased intraocular pressure or progressive cupping of the optic nerve.
o The patient's medical record must meet the documentation requirements set forth in this policy (see Documentation Requirements).
• In all instances extended ophthalmoscopy must be medically necessary.
o It must add information not available from the standard evaluation services and/or information that will demonstrably affect the treatment plan.
o It is not necessary, for example, to confirm information already available by other means.
CPT/HCPCS Codes
92225 OPHTHALMOSCOPY, EXTENDED, WITH RETINAL DRAWING (EG, FOR RETINAL DETACHMENT, MELANOMA), WITH INTERPRETATION AND REPORT; INITIAL
92226 OPHTHALMOSCOPY, EXTENDED, WITH RETINAL DRAWING (EG, FOR RETINAL DETACHMENT, MELANOMA), WITH INTERPRETATION AND REPORT; SUBSEQUENT
ICD-9 Codes that Support Medical Necessity
115.92 HISTOPLASMOSIS RETINITIS UNSPECIFIED
130.2 CHORIORETINITIS DUE TO TOXOPLASMOSIS
190.5 MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF RETINA
190.6 MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF CHOROID
224.5 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF RETINA
224.6 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF CHOROID
225.1 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF CRANIAL NERVES
228.03 HEMANGIOMA OF RETINA
360.00 PURULENT ENDOPHTHALMITIS UNSPECIFIED
360.01 ACUTE ENDOPHTHALMITIS
360.02 PANOPHTHALMITIS
360.03 CHRONIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS
360.04 VITREOUS ABSCESS
360.11 SYMPATHETIC UVEITIS
360.12 PANUVEITIS
360.13 PARASITIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS UNSPECIFIED
360.19 OTHER ENDOPHTHALMITIS
360.21 PROGRESSIVE HIGH (DEGENERATIVE) MYOPIA
360.23 SIDEROSIS OF GLOBE
360.24 OTHER METALLOSIS OF GLOBE
360.50 FOREIGN BODY MAGNETIC INTRAOCULAR UNSPECIFIED
360.52 FOREIGN BODY MAGNETIC IN IRIS OR CILIARY BODY
360.54 FOREIGN BODY MAGNETIC IN VITREOUS
360.55 FOREIGN BODY MAGNETIC IN POSTERIOR WALL
360.60 FOREIGN BODY INTRAOCULAR UNSPECIFIED
360.64 FOREIGN BODY IN VITREOUS
360.65 FOREIGN BODY IN POSTERIOR WALL OF EYE
361.00 RETINAL DETACH WITH RETINAL DEFECT UNSPECIFIED
361.01 RECENT RETINAL DETACH PARTIAL WITH SINGLE DEFECT
361.02 RECENT RETINAL DETACH PARTIAL WITH MULTIPLE DEFECTS
361.03 RECENT RETINAL DETACH PARTIAL WITH GIANT TEAR
361.04 RECENT RETINAL DETACH PARTIAL WITH RETINAL DIALYSIS
361.05 RECENT RETINAL DETACH TOTAL OR SUBTOTAL
361.06 OLD RETINAL DETACH PARTIAL
361.07 OLD RETINAL DETACH TOTAL OR SUBTOTAL
361.10 RETINOSCHISIS UNSPECIFIED
361.11 FLAT RETINOSCHISIS
361.12 BULLOUS RETINOSCHISIS
361.13 PRIMARY RETINAL CYSTS
361.14 SECONDARY RETINAL CYSTS
361.19 OTHER RETINOSCHISIS AND RETINAL CYSTS
361.2 SEROUS RETINAL DETACH
361.30 RETINAL DEFECT UNSPECIFIED
361.31 ROUND HOLE OF RETINA WITHOUT DETACH
361.32 HORSESHOE TEAR OF RETINA WITHOUT DETACH
361.33 MULTIPLE DEFECTS OF RETINA WITHOUT DETACH
361.81 TRACTION DETACH OF RETINA
361.89 OTHER FORMS OF RETINAL DETACH
362.01* BACKGROUND DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
362.02* PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
362.03* NONPROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY NOS
362.05* MODERATE NONPROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
362.06* SEVERE NONPROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
362.07* DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA
362.10 BACKGROUND RETINOPATHY UNSPECIFIED
362.11 HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY
362.12 EXUDATIVE RETINOPATHY
362.13 CHANGES IN VASCULAR APPEARANCE OF RETINA
362.14 RETINAL MICROANEURYSMS NOS
362.15 RETINAL TELANGIECTASIA
362.16 RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION NOS
362.17 OTHER INTRARETINAL MICROVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES
362.18 RETINAL VASCULITIS
362.21 RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA
362.22 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, STAGE 0
362.23 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, STAGE 1
362.24 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, STAGE 2
362.25 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, STAGE 3
362.26 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, STAGE 4
362.27 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, STAGE 5
362.29 OTHER NONDIABETIC PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY
362.30 RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSION UNSPECIFIED
362.31 CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION
362.32 RETINAL ARTERIAL BRANCH OCCLUSION
362.33 PARTIAL RETINAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSION
362.34 TRANSIENT RETINAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSION
362.35 CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
362.36 VENOUS TRIBUTARY (BRANCH) OCCLUSION OF RETINA
362.37 VENOUS ENGORGEMENT OF RETINA
362.40 RETINAL LAYER SEPARATION UNSPECIFIED
362.41 CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY
362.42 SEROUS DETACH OF RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM
362.43 HEMORRHAGIC DETACH OF RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM
362.50 MACULAR DEGENERATION (SENILE) OF RETINA UNSPECIFIED
362.51 NONEXUDATIVE SENILE MACULAR DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.52 EXUDATIVE SENILE MACULAR DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.53 CYSTOID MACULAR DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.54 MACULAR CYST HOLE OR PSEUDOHOLE OF RETINA
362.55 TOXIC MACULOPATHY OF RETINA
362.56 MACULAR PUCKERING OF RETINA
362.57 DRUSEN (DEGENERATIVE) OF RETINA
362.60 PERIPHERAL RETINAL DEGENERATION UNSPECIFIED
362.61 PAVING STONE DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.62 MICROCYSTOID DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.63 LATTICE DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.64 SENILE RETICULAR DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.65 SECONDARY PIGMENTARY DEGENERATION OF RETINA
362.66 SECONDARY VITREORETINAL DEGENERATIONS
362.70 HEREDITARY RETINAL DYSTROPHY UNSPECIFIED
362.71 RETINAL DYSTROPHY IN SYSTEMIC OR CEREBRORETINAL LIPIDOSES
362.72 RETINAL DYSTROPHY IN OTHER SYSTEMIC DISORDERS AND SYNDROMES
362.73 VITREORETINAL DYSTROPHIES
362.74 PIGMENTARY RETINAL DYSTROPHY
362.75 OTHER DYSTROPHIES PRIMARILY INVOLVING THE SENSORY RETINA
362.76 DYSTROPHIES PRIMARILY INVOLVING THE RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM
362.77 RETINAL DYSTROPHIES PRIMARILY INVOLVING BRUCH'S MEMBRANE
362.81 RETINAL HEMORRHAGE
362.82 RETINAL EXUDATES AND DEPOSITS
362.83 RETINAL EDEMA
362.84 RETINAL ISCHEMIA
363.00 FOCAL CHORIORETINITIS UNSPECIFIED
363.01 FOCAL CHOROIDITIS AND CHORIORETINITIS JUXTAPAPILLARY
363.03 FOCAL CHOROIDITIS AND CHORIORETINITIS OF OTHER POSTERIOR POLE
363.04 FOCAL CHOROIDITIS AND CHORIORETINITIS PERIPHERAL
363.05 FOCAL RETINITIS AND RETINOCHOROIDITIS JUXTAPAPILLARY
363.06 FOCAL RETINITIS AND RETINOCHOROIDITIS MACULAR OR PARAMACULAR
363.07 FOCAL RETINITIS AND RETINOCHOROIDITIS OF OTHER POSTERIOR POLE
363.08 FOCAL RETINITIS AND RETINOCHOROIDITIS PERIPHERAL
363.10 DISSEMINATED CHORIORETINITIS UNSPECIFIED
363.11 DISSEMINATED CHOROIDITIS AND CHORIORETINITIS POSTERIOR POLE
363.12 DISSEMINATED CHOROIDITIS AND CHORIORETINITIS PERIPHERAL
363.13 DISSEMINATED CHOROIDITIS AND CHORIORETINITIS GENERALIZED
363.14 DISSEMINATED RETINITIS AND RETINOCHOROIDITIS METASTATIC
363.15 DISSEMINATED RETINITIS AND RETINOCHOROIDITIS PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY
363.20 CHORIORETINITIS UNSPECIFIED
363.21 PARS PLANITIS
363.22 HARADA'S DISEASE
363.30 CHORIORETINAL SCAR UNSPECIFIED
363.31 SOLAR RETINOPATHY
363.32 OTHER MACULAR SCARS OF RETINA
363.33 OTHER SCARS OF POSTERIOR POLE OF RETINA
363.34 PERIPHERAL SCARS OF RETINA
363.35 DISSEMINATED SCARS OF RETINA
363.40 CHOROIDAL DEGENERATION UNSPECIFIED
363.41 SENILE ATROPHY OF CHOROID
363.42 DIFFUSE SECONDARY ATROPHY OF CHOROID
363.43 ANGIOID STREAKS OF CHOROID
363.50 HEREDITARY CHOROIDAL DYSTROPHY OR ATROPHY UNSPECIFIED
363.51 CIRCUMPAPILLARY DYSTROPHY OF CHOROID PARTIAL
363.52 CIRCUMPAPILLARY DYSTROPHY OF CHOROID TOTAL
363.53 CENTRAL DYSTROPHY OF CHOROID PARTIAL
363.54 CENTRAL CHOROIDAL ATROPHY TOTAL
363.55 CHOROIDEREMIA
363.56 OTHER DIFFUSE OR GENERALIZED DYSTROPHY OF CHOROID PARTIAL
363.57 OTHER DIFFUSE OR GENERALIZED DYSTROPHY OF CHOROID TOTAL
363.61 CHOROIDAL HEMORRHAGE UNSPECIFIED
363.62 EXPULSIVE CHOROIDAL HEMORRHAGE
363.63 CHOROIDAL RUPTURE
363.70 CHOROIDAL DETACH UNSPECIFIED
363.71 SEROUS CHOROIDAL DETACH
363.72 HEMORRHAGIC CHOROIDAL DETACH
364.00 ACUTE AND SUBACUTE IRIDOCYCLITIS UNSPECIFIED
364.01 PRIMARY IRIDOCYCLITIS
364.02 RECURRENT IRIDOCYCLITIS
364.03 SECONDARY IRIDOCYCLITIS INFECTIOUS
364.04 SECONDARY IRIDOCYCLITIS NONINFECTIOUS
364.05 HYPOPYON
364.24 VOGT-KOYANAGI SYNDROME
365.00 PREGLAUCOMA UNSPECIFIED
365.01 OPEN ANGLE WITH BORDERLINE FINDINGS, LOW RISK
365.02 ANATOMICAL NARROW ANGLE BORDERLINE GLAUCOMA
365.03 STEROID RESPONDERS BORDERLINE GLAUCOMA
365.04 OCULAR HYPERTENSION
365.05 OPEN ANGLE WITH BORDERLINE FINDINGS, HIGH RISK
365.06 PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE WITHOUT GLAUCOMA DAMAGE
365.10 OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA UNSPECIFIED
365.11 PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA
365.12 LOW TENSION OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
365.13 PIGMENTARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
365.14 GLAUCOMA OF CHILDHOOD
365.15 RESIDUAL STAGE OF OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA
365.20 PRIMARY ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA UNSPECIFIED
365.21 INTERMITTENT ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
365.22 ACUTE ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
365.23 CHRONIC ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
365.24 RESIDUAL STAGE OF ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
365.31 CORTICOSTEROID-INDUCED GLAUCOMA GLAUCOMATOUS STAGE
365.32 CORTICOSTEROID-INDUCED GLAUCOMA RESIDUAL STAGE
365.41 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH CHAMBER ANGLE ANOMALIES
365.42 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH ANOMALIES OF IRIS
365.43 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER ANTERIOR SEGMENT ANOMALIES
365.44 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC SYNDROMES
365.51 PHACOLYTIC GLAUCOMA
365.52 PSEUDOEXFOLIATION GLAUCOMA
365.59 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER LENS DISORDERS
365.60 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH UNSPECIFIED OCULAR DISORDER
365.61 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH PUPILLARY BLOCK
365.62 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH OCULAR INFLAMMATIONS
365.63 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH VASCULAR DISORDERS OF EYE
365.64 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH TUMORS OR CYSTS
365.65 GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH OCULAR TRAUMA
365.70 GLAUCOMA STAGE, UNSPECIFIED
365.71 MILD STAGE GLAUCOMA
365.72 MODERATE STAGE GLAUCOMA
365.73 SEVERE STAGE GLAUCOMA
365.74 INDETERMINATE STAGE GLAUCOMA
365.81 HYPERSECRETION GLAUCOMA
365.82 GLAUCOMA WITH INCREASED EPISCLERAL VENOUS PRESSURE
365.83 AQUEOUS MISDIRECTION
365.89 OTHER SPECIFIED GLAUCOMA
365.9 UNSPECIFIED GLAUCOMA
368.11 SUDDEN VISUAL LOSS
368.12 TRANSIENT VISUAL LOSS
368.15 OTHER VISUAL DISTORTIONS AND ENTOPTIC PHENOMENA
376.6 RETAINED (OLD) FOREIGN BODY FOLLOWING PENETRATING WOUND OF ORBIT
377.00 PAPILLEDEMA UNSPECIFIED
377.10 OPTIC ATROPHY UNSPECIFIED
377.11 PRIMARY OPTIC ATROPHY
377.12 POSTINFLAMMATORY OPTIC ATROPHY
377.13 OPTIC ATROPHY ASSOCIATED WITH RETINAL DYSTROPHIES
377.14 GLAUCOMATOUS ATROPHY (CUPPING) OF OPTIC DISC
377.15 PARTIAL OPTIC ATROPHY
377.16 HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY
377.21 DRUSEN OF OPTIC DISC
377.22 CRATER-LIKE HOLES OF OPTIC DISC
377.23 COLOBOMA OF OPTIC DISC
377.24 PSEUDOPAPILLEDEMA
377.30 OPTIC NEURITIS UNSPECIFIED
377.33 NUTRITIONAL OPTIC NEUROPATHY
377.34 TOXIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY
377.41 ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY
377.42 HEMORRHAGE IN OPTIC NERVE SHEATHS
377.43 OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA
377.49 OTHER DISORDERS OF OPTIC NERVE
379.07 POSTERIOR SCLERITIS
379.21 VITREOUS DEGENERATION
379.22 CRYSTALLINE DEPOSITS IN VITREOUS
379.23 VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE
379.24 OTHER VITREOUS OPACITIES
379.25 VITREOUS MEMBRANES AND STRANDS
379.26 VITREOUS PROLAPSE
379.27 VITREOMACULAR ADHESION
379.29 OTHER DISORDERS OF VITREOUS
379.32 SUBLUXATION OF LENS
379.34 POSTERIOR DISLOCATION OF LENS
743.51 VITREOUS ANOMALIES CONGENITAL
743.52 FUNDUS COLOBOMA
743.53 CHORIORETINAL DEGENERATION CONGENITAL
743.54 CONGENITAL FOLDS AND CYSTS OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT
743.55 CONGENITAL MACULAR CHANGES
743.56 OTHER RETINAL CHANGES CONGENITAL
743.57 SPECIFIED CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF OPTIC DISC
743.58 VASCULAR ANOMALIES CONGENITAL
743.59 OTHER CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT
759.5 TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
759.6 OTHER CONGENITAL HAMARTOSES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
759.82 MARFAN SYNDROME
871.0 OCULAR LACERATION WITHOUT PROLAPSE OF INTRAOCULAR TISSUE
871.1 OCULAR LACERATION WITH PROLAPSE OR EXPOSURE OF INTRAOCULAR TISSUE
871.2 RUPTURE OF EYE WITH PARTIAL LOSS OF INTRAOCULAR TISSUE
871.3 AVULSION OF EYE
871.4 UNSPECIFIED LACERATION OF EYE
871.5 PENETRATION OF EYEBALL WITH MAGNETIC FOREIGN BODY
871.6 PENETRATION OF EYEBALL WITH (NONMAGNETIC) FOREIGN BODY
871.7 UNSPECIFIED OCULAR PENETRATION
871.9 UNSPECIFIED OPEN WOUND OF EYEBALL
921.3 CONTUSION OF EYEBALL
998.82 CATARACT FRAGMENTS IN EYE FOLLOWING CATARACT SURGERY
* To ensure reimbursement for this service when billing ICD-9-CM code 362.07, dual diagnoses must be submitted. An ICD-9-CM code from the following diagnosis codes 362.01-362.03, 362.05 or 362.06 (representing diabetic retinopathy) must be reported with ICD-9-CM code 362.07 (diabetic macular edema).
Documentation Requirements
• Medical record documentation (e.g., office/progress notes) maintained by the ordering/referring physician must indicate the medical necessity of the extended ophthalmoscopy exam. The medical records must include the following:
o The complaint or symptomatology necessitating the extended ophthalmoscopy exam
o Notation that the eye examined was dilated and the drug used
o The method of examination (e.g., lens, instrument used)
o A detailed drawing of the retina showing anatomy in the patient as seen at time of examination, including the pathology found and a legible narrative report of the findings
o An assessment of the change from previous examinations when performing follow-up services (92226)
• If the provider of the service is other than the ordering/referring physician, that provider must maintain hard copy documentation of the ophthalmoscopy exam results and interpretation, along with copies of the ordering/referring physician’s order for the ophthalmoscopy.
o The physician must state the clinical indication/medical necessity for the ophthalmoscopy in the order for the exam.
• Documentation in the medical record for a diagnosis of glaucoma (ICD-9 Code 365.00-365.9) must include all of the following:
o a detailed drawing of the optic nerve
o documentation of cupping, disc rim, pallor, and slope, and
o Documentation of any surrounding pathology around the optic nerve.
Treatment Logic
• Extended ophthalmoscopy is an assessment of the posterior segment of the eye (vitreous, retina, optic disc, choroids, etc.) with the pupil dilated using indirect ophthalmoscopy or slit lamp biomicroscopy.
o These techniques employ an additional diagnostic tool (e.g., 3-mirror lens, 20-diopter lens, 90-diopter lens, scleral depression) and include a detailed drawing of the retina.
o Extended ophthalmoscopy provides a high intensity illumination, stereoscopic, wide field of view of the ocular fundus for detection and/or evaluation of vitreoretinal pathology.
• Extended ophthalmoscopy codes are reserved for the meticulous evaluation of the eye in detailed documentation of a severe ophthalmologic problem needing continued follow-up, which cannot be sufficiently evaluated by photography.
Sources of Information and Basis for Decision
Yanoff. (2004). Ophthalmology (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
10/01/2011
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