Accuracy of coding in Medicare part B claims. Cataract as a case study.

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Published in Arch Ophthalmol on May 01, 1993

Authors

J C Javitt1, A M McBean, S S Sastry, F DiPaolo

Author Affiliations

1: Worthen Center for Eye Care Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007.

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