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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)

Back to the Basics—Coding for Refractions Using CPT Code 92015 (Tip: Rules Vary!) (Sept. 2021)

Code-a-Palooza—the Annual Quiz That Can Make You a Coding Whiz (March 2020)

CPT Code 92060 for the Sensorimotor Exam: Answers to Your FAQs (Nov. 2021)

Coding for Ocular Trauma (July 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)

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)

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)

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 Your Ophthalmology Colleagues Were in the Auditors’ Crosshairs (Dec. 2019)