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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)

Are You Bewildered by Bundles? Test Your Coding Competency (May 2022)

Auditproof Your Evaluations for Cataract Surgery (Oct 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 Comanagement Compliance—CMS Outreach Prompts Internal Reviews (June 2023)

Cataract Controversies—Answers to Contentious Coding Questions (Feb. 2022)

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

Code This, Not That—What to Submit for These Scenarios (Feb. 2023)

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 2023—Starting Jan. 1, Streamlined Rules Apply Beyond the Office Setting (Jan. 2023)

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)

Intravitreal Injections—Lessons From a National Audit (April 2023)

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)

Retina—Biosimilars, Dual Inhibitors, and Coding for New Drugs (May 2023)

The Stark Law and Productivity-Based Compensation in Group Practices (Aug. 2022)

Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (June 2020)

Three Reasons Why Cataract Practices Failed SMRC Audits—and Three Solutions (March 2023)

Top Real-World Coding Competencies for Young Ophthalmologists—Part 1 (Nov. 2022)

Top Real-World Coding Competencies for Young Ophthalmologists—Part 2 (Dec. 2022)

Tricks of the Trade: Coding for a Pediatric Ophthalmology Practice (Sept. 2022)

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)