Date Posted: June 11, 2026

This Billing and Coding article has been revised and published for notice under contract numbers: 01111 (CA), 01211 (AS, GU, HI, NMI), 01311 (NV), and 01911 (CA, HI & Territories).

Effective Date: June 1, 2026

Summary of Article Changes: Effective 06/01/2026

Under CPT/HCPCS: Group 1 Paragraph:

The following statement was added:

Due to the laterality of eye procedures, modifiers RT, LT or 50 must be used to indicate the eye(s) being treated.

Under Modifier section:

Added RT, LT and 50.

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