156FC0800X — Contact Lens Technician/Technologist

Grouping

Eye and Vision Services Providers

Classification

Technician/Technologist

Specialization

Contact Lens

Section

Individual

Definition

An optician or other ancillary support staff person who, where authorized by state law and trained or certified to do so, may fit or dispense contact lenses to a patient based on the prescription of an optometrist or medical physician.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Technician/Technologist

These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.

• 156F00000XTechnician/Technologist
• 156FC0801XContact Lens Fitter
• 156FX1100XOphthalmic
• 156FX1101XOphthalmic Assistant
• 156FX1201XOptometric Assistant
• 156FX1202XOptometric Technician
• 156FX1700XOcularist
• 156FX1800XOptician
• 156FX1900XOrthoptist