Coding and Reimbursement
Coding & Reimbursement button Resources you need to appropriately address all aspects of coding and reimbursement essential for practice income as well as adherence with federal regulations.


bullet Annual Meeting

The AAOE Program of the 2008 Joint Meeting is now available with more than 26 hours dedicated to Coding & Reimbursement (PDF 70K).

AAOE & AAO Member registration & housing now open!

Sept. 10 — Paper registration deadline. Last day to register and have your badge and materials mailed before the meeting.

Oct. 15 — Preregistration deadline. Badge and materials must be picked up onsite. 


bullet New in Coding

Academy survey shows obstacles remain to PQRI participation for Ophthalmology

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative 2008 Updates

CMS PQRI Educational Resources

Download selected 2007 Annual Meeting courses. Listen to the course audio while following along with the speaker’s slides and download handouts. Courses are one to two hours in duration and eligible for CME credit. All downloads are FREE to AAOE members.  Have your membership number ready.

CMS will now allow physicians to bill Medicare beneficiaries directly for the additional costs associated with insertion of the toric IOL. View CMS ruling  

Medicare participation options for physicians (PDF 65K) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

OMIC has developed sample consent forms for Lucentis (PDF 52K) and Avastin (PDF 52K) (revised to address Lucentis)

CMS and Ophthalmology Partner on Specialty Web Page


bullet Coding Tools
Revised Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) replaces the existing ABN-G, ABN-L and NEMB (Form CMS-20007).

Medicare Claim Adjustment Codes (PDF 411K)

Medicare Carrier Web Site Addresses (PDF 47K) Revised August 2008

Correct Coding Initiative Version 14.2

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule


bullet Ophthalmic Coding Specialists (OCS)
Ophthalmic Coding Specialist Exam  Reassure yourself that your coding knowledge is current.

Ophthalmic Coding Specialists (PDF 496K) alpha listing as of June 20, 2008

Test your Coding Competence (PDF 109K)


bullet CODEquest Seminars
CODEquest Ophthalmic Coding College 2008 - New Component: Ethics of Coding Attend a CODEquest one-day ophthalmic coding seminar sponsored by AAOE and your state or subspecialty society.


bullet Bulletins
Visit our
Newsletters page for links to the current issue of AAOE News, The Coding Bulletin, Executive Update and Techniques. 

AAOE Coding Bulletin Archive | AAOE Executive Update Archive | Techniques Bulletin Archive

Questions? Please e-mail coding@aao.org

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2009 Ophthalmic Coding Series

2009 Ophthalmic Coding Series
Product Number: 012348
Member: $495
Non-Member: $668

Now Taking Advance Orders
Product is expected to ship by Nov. 1, 2008.

 

 

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