This is a compilation of EyeNet® Magazine's Savvy Coder articles from Jan. 2020 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
- Are You an Outlier? Use the IRIS Registry to Review Your CPT Code Usage (April 2025)
- Are You Bewildered by Bundles? Test Your Coding Competency (May 2022)
- Auditproof Your Evaluations for Cataract Surgery (Oct 2022)
- 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)
- Clinical Teams and Coding Compliance (Aug. 2024)
- Code This, Not That—What to Submit for These Scenarios (Feb. 2023)
- Coding 101 (July 2025)
- Comparative Billing Reports: If Your E/M Use Is Flagged, Take These 6 Urgent Steps (Jan. 2022)
- Corneal Tissue—Focus on 5 Areas to Streamline Reimbursement (June 2024)
- E/M 2023—Starting Jan. 1, Streamlined Rules Apply Beyond the Office Setting (Jan. 2023)
- E/M Medical Decision Making: How to Decipher the Definitions (Sept. 2024)
- Exploring Complexity Code G2211 in Ophthalmic Practice (Oct. 2024)
- Functional Botox Treatments—Quick Tips for Documentation and Coding (March 2024)
- Geographic Atrophy—How to Get Paid for New Treatments (Nov 2023)
- Getting Started on Internal Chart Audits (With a Case Study in Lesion Removal) (June 2025)
- Here’s How Coding Impacts Your MIPS Cost Score (Dec. 2023)
- 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)
- Master the Fundamentals of Unbundling: National Correct Coding Initiative Edits (July 2024)
- Meet Modifier –JZ: A Quick Guide to –JW’s New Counterpart (Sept. 2023)
- MIGS Update—How to Code for Combined Glaucoma Procedures (March 2022)
- MIPS, Cataract Surgery, and Cost: How Coding Can Impact Your Score (March 2025)
- YAG Laser Capsulotomy: 5 Tips for Checking Coding and Documentation (Oct. 2023)
- New Year, New Codes: Time to Revisit Your Practice’s Internal Resources (Jan 2024)
- New for 2025—CPT Codes 92137 for OCTA and 66683 for Iris Prosthesis Implantation (Jan. 2025)
- Ophthalmic Coding—Understand the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How Much (May 2025)
- Prepare to Shine at Code-a-Palooza 2025 (Sept. 2025)
- Reimbursement for Young Ophthalmologists: Top Rules With Case Examples—Part 1 (July 2023)
- Reimbursement for Young Ophthalmologists: Top Rules With Case Examples—Part 2 (Aug 2023)
- Retina—Biosimilars, Dual Inhibitors, and Coding for New Drugs (May 2023)
- Simplifying Coding—5 Steps to Choosing the Right E/M or Eye Visit Code (Feb 2024)
- The Stark Law and Productivity-Based Compensation in Group Practices (Aug. 2022)
- Three Reasons Why Cataract Practices Failed SMRC Audits—and Three Solutions (March 2023)
- To Bill or Not to Bill the Patient: That Is the Question (Oct. 2025)
- Top Real-World Coding Competencies for Young Ophthalmologists—Part 1 (Nov. 2022)
- Top Real-World Coding Competencies for Young Ophthalmologists—Part 2 (Dec. 2022)
- Verify Then Trust: The Key to Using AI Safely in Ophthalmic Coding (Aug. 2025)
- When Payers Downcode—How to Protect Your Practice and Help Academy Advocacy (Nov. 2025)
- Why (and How) You Should Use ICD-10 Codes for Social Determinants of Health (July 2022)
- Young Ophthalmologists (YOs): Ask Us Your Coding Questions—Part 1 (Dec. 2024)