This list includes our most commonly referenced coding resources.
Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) of Noncoverage
Ask the Coding Experts
Audit Resources (Academy/AAO member login required)
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)
Cataract Surgery Documentation Hub (Academy/AAOE member login required)
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) Application for Certification (PDF)
Comanagement, Completing the CMS-1500 Form (PDF)
Comanagement Guidelines for Postop Care
Consultation Services
Corneal Cross-Linking Fact Sheet
Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits
Drugs, Injectable
E/M Documentation Requirements (effective Jan. 2023)
Eye Visit Code Checklist (PDF)
Femtosecond Laser, Guidelines for Medicare Billing (PDF)
Financial Disruptions, Managing
High-Risk Medication Tips
History and Physical (H&P)
Hospital Outpatient Departments (HOPD) Prior Authorization Requirements for Eyelid Procedures
Injectable Drugs
ICD-10-CM Resources
JW and JZ Modifiers Fact Sheet (PDF)
Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs)
Locum Tenens Fact Sheet (PDF)
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)
National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edits
National Coverage Determination Policies
National Drug Code (NDC) Numbers
National Provider Identifier (NPI) Number Lookup
NPI Provider Search
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)
Pediatrics
Postoperative Visit Reporting
Prior Authorization Checklist and Guidelines (PDF)
Prior Authorization Requirements for Eyelid Procedures, Hospital Outpatient Departments (HOPD)
Premium IOLs: A Legal and Ethical Guide to Billing Medicare Beneficiaries
Profitable Retina Practice Series (free for AAOE members)
Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS)
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)
Refraction Fact Sheet (PDF)
Retina
Savvy Coder Articles (Academy/AAOE member login required during first six months of release)
Signature Requirements
Small Practice
Surprise Billing
Taxonomy Subpecialty Codes
Telemedicine Coding Fact Sheet (PDF)
VF-8R Visual Functioning Questionnaire (PDF)
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