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  • February 2021 EyeNet

    This is a compilation of EyeNet® Magazine's Savvy Coder articles from Sept. 2019 to the present. Access to articles published six months or less are for Academy and AAOE members. To read full issues, visit aao.org/eyenet. 

    Titles listed alphabetically

    • 92201 and 92202—Meet the New Codes for Extended Ophthalmoscopy (Feb. 2020)
    • Are You Bewildered by Bundles? Test Your Coding Competency (May 2022)
      • Back to the Basics—Coding for Refractions Using CPT Code 92015 (Tip: Rules Vary!) (Sept. 2021)
      • Back to the Basics—Two Key Issues in Coding for Minor Surgical Procedures (Oct. 2021))
          • Billing for Ophthalmic Surgery: 10 Steps for Successful Coding (June 2022)
            • Cataract Controversies—Answers to Contentious Coding Questions (Feb. 2022)
            • Code-a-Palooza—the Annual Quiz That Can Make You a Coding Whiz (March 2020)
            • Coding for Ocular Trauma (July 2021)
            • Coding Lessons Learned in 2021 (Dec. 2021)
                • Comparative Billing Reports: If Your E/M Use Is Flagged, Take These 6 Urgent Steps (Jan. 2022)
                  • CPT Code 92060 for the Sensorimotor Exam: Answers to Your FAQs (Nov. 2021)
                  • E/M Nuances: Determining the Level of Medical Decision-Making (Aug. 2021)
                  • E&M or Eye Visit Code? What Level? (Nov. 2019)
                  • E/M Rules for Office Visits: What Level of Medical Decision-Making? (June 2021)
                  • Exams That Don’t Take Place in the Office (Tip: The New E/M Guidelines Don’t Apply) (March 2021)
                  • Fact Sheet for Documenting the Need for Cataract Surgery (Jan. 2021)
                  • Fact Sheet for Documenting the Need for Functional Blepharoplasty (Feb. 2021)
                  • Fact Sheet for Documenting the Need for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) (May 2021)
                  • Fact Sheet for the Comprehensive Eye Visit Codes: 92004 and 92014 (April 2020)
                  • How Well Do You Know ICD-10? Test Your Coding Competency (April 2022)
                  • Increasing Revenues in a Climate of Payment Change: Out-of-Pocket Charges (Jan. 2020)
                  • Is the Patient New or Established? Test Your Knowledge (Aug. 2019)
                    • MIGS Update—How to Code for Combined Glaucoma Procedures (March 2022)
                    • Modifier –62: How to Determine Whether You Can Bill for Cosurgery (May 2020)
                    • New E/M Rules for Office Visits, Part 1: The Medically Relevant Patient History (Aug. 2020)
                    • New E/M Rules for Office Visits, Part 2: How to Document the Retina Exam (Sept. 2020)
                    • New E/M Rules for Office Visits, Part 3: The Medically Relevant Exam (Oct. 2020)
                    • New E/M Rules for Office Visits, Part 4: Cornea and Oculofacial Exams (Nov. 2020)
                    • New ICD-10 Codes for Corneal Dystrophy and Transplants (Dec. 2020)
                    • New Prior Authorization Requirements for Blepharoplasty and Botox in HOPDs (July 2020)
                    • Nine Scenarios When You Should Not Use an Eye Visit Code (Sept. 2019)
                    • (The) Stark Law and Productivity-Based Compensation in Group Practices Telemedicine Aug. 2022)
                    • Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (June 2020)
                    • What Ophthalmologists Need to Know About the ICD-10 Codes That Are New on Oct. 1, 2019 (Oct. 2019)
                    • Why (and How) You Should Use ICD-10 Codes for Social Determinants of Health (July 2022)
                    • Why Your Ophthalmology Colleagues Were in the Auditors’ Crosshairs (Dec. 2019) 
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