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SCOPE OF OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
The
Board of Registration in Optometry has determined officially that the
following services are within the legal scope of practice of Optometry
in New Hampshire. No one except the Board has a right to decide
that any procedure on this list is not within our scope of practice.
The list is not meant to be all-inclusive and the Board will determine
whether other services are within the legal scope of practice of New
Hampshire optometry as the need arises.
This
list is correct as of September 1, 2005
General
and Special Ophthalmological Services:
ALL 92xxx EXCEPT the following, which are not allowed:
92230 fluorescein angiography
92235 fluorescein angiography, multiple
imaging
92240 Indocyanine-green angiography
92265 needle oculoelectromyography
92287 photography with fluorescein
angiography
G0117 glaucoma screening
Evaluation
and Management:
99201-205 evaluation & management, office, new patient
99211-215 evaluation & management, office, established
patient
99221-223 evaluation & management, inpatient hospital,
initial
99231-233 evaluation & management, inpatient hospital,
subsequent
99241-245 consultation, office
99251-255 consultation, inpatient, initial
99261-263 consultation, inpatient, subsequent
99271-275 consultation, inpatient, confirmatory
99281-285 evaluation & management, emergency room
99311-313 evaluation & management, nursing home,
subsequent
99321-323 evaluation & management, domiciliary or rest
home, new patient
99331-333 evaluation & management, rest home, subsequent
99341-345 evaluation & management, home, new patient
99347-350 evaluation & management, home, subsequent
99354-355 prolonged patient contact
99358-359 prolonged service without patient contact
Surgery,
Eye and Ocular Adnexa:
65205 foreign body removal, conjunctiva, superficial
65220 foreign body removal, cornea, without
slit lamp
65222 foreign body removal, cornea, with slit
lamp
65430 corneal scraping for culture
65435 removal of corneal epithelium (scraping,
curettage)
66820-55 secondary cataract surgery, post-op care
66821-55 YAG capsulotomy, post-op care
66825-55 cataract surgery, post-op care (repositioning IOL
requiring
incision,
post-op care)
66830-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66840-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66850-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66852-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66920-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66930-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66940-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66982-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66983-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66984-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66985-55 cataract surgery, post-op care
66999 unlisted procedure, anterior segment of
eye
67820 epilation for trichiasis
67938 foreign body removal, eyelid, embedded
68761 punctal plugs
68801 punctal dilation
68810 nasolacrimal duct, probing
68840 canaliculi, probing
68899-55 other lacrimal system procedures, post-op
care
Imaging
procedures:
76511 ophthalmic ultrasound, diagnostic A-scan
76512 ophthalmic ultrasound, B-scan
76513 ophthalmic ultrasound, B-scan, water
immersion
76514 corneal pachymetry
76516 ophthalmic ultrasound, biometric A-scan
76519 ophthalmic ultrasound, A-scan and IOP
calculation
76529 ophthalmic ultrasound, foreign body
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