This list includes our most commonly referenced coding resources.
A
Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) of Noncoverage
Ask the Coding Experts
Audit Resources (Academy/AAO member login required)
B
Biometry Fact Sheet (PDF)
Botox for Treatment of Blepharospasm, Hemifacial Spasm Fact Sheet (PDF)
Botox A for Treatment of Migraine (PDF)
Botulinum Toxin Injections for Correction of Strabismus (PDF)
C
Cataract Surgery Documentation Hub (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Cataract and Anterior Segment, Coding Assistant (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) Application for Certification (PDF)
Coding Assistant, Cataract and Anterior Segment (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Coding Assistant, Cornea (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Coding Assistant, Glaucoma (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Coding Assistant, Oculofacial (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Coding Assistant, Pediatrics (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Coding Assistants Subspecialties Series
Comanagement, Completing the CMS-1500 Form (PDF)
Comanagement Guidelines for Postop Care
Consultation Services
Cornea, Coding Assistant (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Corneal Cross-Linking Fact Sheet
Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits
D
Drugs, Injectable
E
E/M Documentation Requirements (effective Jan. 2023)
Eye Visit Code Checklist (PDF)
F
Femtosecond Laser, Guidelines for Medicare Billing (PDF)
Financial Disruptions, Managing
G
G2211 Visit Complexity Add-on Code
Glaucoma, Coding Assistant (Academy/AAOE member login required)
H
High-Risk Medication Tips
History and Physical (H&P)
Hospital Outpatient Departments (HOPD) Prior Authorization Requirements for Eyelid Procedures
I
iDose® TR Coding Fact Sheet (PDF)
Injectable Drugs
ICD-10-CM Resources
J
JW and JZ Modifiers Fact Sheet (PDF)
L
Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs)
Locum Tenens Fact Sheet (PDF)
M
Managing Financial Disruptions
Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs)
Medicare Carrier Jurisdiction and Website Addresses (PDF)
Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) and Dry Eye Disease (DED) (PDF)
MIGS
MIPS
Modifiers, Office Visits (PDF)
Modifiers, Surgeries (PDF)
Myopia Coding (PDF)
N
National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edits
National Coverage Determination Policies
National Drug Code (NDC) Numbers
National Provider Identifier (NPI) Number Lookup
NPI Provider Search
O
Ocular Trauma
Oculofacial, Coding Assistant
Ophthalmic Coding Specialist (OCS) and Ophthalmic Coding Specialist Retina (OCSR) Exams
Optical Dispensing Coding Module (PDF)
Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA), Appropriate Billing for ORA Performed During Cataract Surgery (PDF)
P
Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Coding Assistant (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Postoperative Visit Reporting
Premium IOLs: A Legal and Ethical Guide to Billing Medicare Beneficiaries
Prior Authorization Checklist and Guidelines (PDF)
Prior Authorization Requirements for Eyelid Procedures, Hospital Outpatient Departments (HOPD)
Profitable Retina Practice Series (free for AAOE members)
Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS)
Q
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)
R
Refraction Fact Sheet (PDF)
Retina
S
Savvy Coder Articles (Academy/AAOE member login required during first six months of release)
Signature Requirements
Small Practice
Surprise Billing
T
Taxonomy Subpecialty Codes
TearCare Fact Sheet (PDF)
Telemedicine Coding Fact Sheet (PDF)
V
VF-8R Visual Functioning Questionnaire (PDF)