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A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT CODING FOR EYECARE

• CPT coding fundamentals
• HCPCS coding - G codes - S codes - V codes
• Contrast and comparison of the E & M codes vs. the eye exam codes
• The intermediate and comprehensive eye exams
• Overview of Evaluation and Management (E & M) guidelines
• What services you can and cannot report with the office visit codes
• Tips on how to find the very best insurance company and employer in your town
• What is your most likely audit?
• What your EMR is currently not checking or gathering accurately

 

• How to
  • think like an auditor
  • manage strict coding compliance and optimal reimbursement
  • train the providers and what is required of them

 

COMMON EYE PROCEDURES COVERED

• GDX/OCT Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
• Co-Management and cataract surgery
• Fundus Photography
• Visual Field Exam
• External ocular photography
• Ophthalmic echography and biometry
• Coding for dry eye syndrome and punctal plugs
• Miscellaneous procedures

 

NEW AND IMPROVED! ADVANCED ICD-10 CODING

• Added, Deleted, and Revised codes for 2018
• Degenerative Myopia
• Blindness
• Low vision,
• What does disease specificity really mean?
• Formal ICD-10 coding training concepts
• When two codes are required and not just one.
• Exceptions and "Gotchas"
• Keratoconus
• Pterygiums
• Amblyopia
• Glaucoma

 

CRITICAL TO THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS

• National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) information
• Relative Value Units (RVU’s)
• Local Coverage Determination (LCD) guidelines
• Global Days/Global fees
• The Bilateral Surgery Indicator

 

SURGICAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN THE OFFICE

• Codes for removal of foreign body
• Coding for repairs
• Epilation
• Punctal Plug insertion
• Correct use of Modifiers

Save time and $10 off the price of other submission methods – purchase & take the CE test online for $9.99 USD per participant. Additional processing fees apply for other submission methods (i.e. mail, fax, etc.). Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-397-0180 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

• Coding and Billing
• Compliance
• Medical Records Personnel
• Nurse Practitioner
• Ophthalmologists
• Optometrists
• Reimbursement