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Place of service affects postoperative care billing and payment
Question: You are a fellowship-trained glaucoma surgeon who provides care to advanced glaucoma patients with refractory and complex disease. Following glaucoma surgery, many patients require additional care during the postoperative period. This additional care sometimes includes another procedure in order to control the patient’s IOP. Some procedures can be performed in the lane at the slit lamp; some are performed in a minor procedure room; some are performed in a laser suite; and some are performed in the operating room of an ASC or hospital outpatient department. All of these