Date Posted: June 11, 2026

This Billing and Coding article has been revised and published for notice under contract numbers: 02101 (AK), 02201 (ID), 02301 (OR), 02401 (WA), 03101 (AZ), 03201 (MT), 03301 (ND), 03401 (SD), 03501 (UT), and 03601 (WY).

Effective Date: January 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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