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Originally Posted by Liz22
Medicare and other insurers will pay for this exam IF they are done for a medical reason such as a macular check up etc. however St. Lukes has not been coding my refraction exams properly and I have paid for each and every one of them for the past 4 years and they are done approximately every 6 mos. The "refraction" eye exam I get has NOTHING to do with eye-glasses. It is done to check for loss of vision, but I have still have to pay for them.
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Eye exams | Medicare.gov
What Is a REFRACTION and why doesn’t insurance always cover it?
So if you have a medical eye problem like cataracts, dry eyes or glaucoma then Medicare and most other Health Insurances
will cover the Medical portion of the eye exam but not the refraction.