Eye code or E/M code? The wrong answer can cost you big.

Get up to speed on the latest requirements for reporting ophthalmology and optometry services. During this 1-hour audio learning session, expert speaker Deb Grider will show you what it takes to choose the correct codes for your patients' office visits -- and what it takes to get paid. She'll explain in plain English the unique reporting guidelines for this specialty with real life examples. Plus she'll share teamwork tips for physicians and office personnel that spell cleaner claims.

What you’ll learn:

• 2 Most often omitted E/M exam elements ... that only take minutes to report.
• Medical necessity requirements you can't afford to miss ... and documentation strategies that'll bulletproof your claims.
• Take the mystery out of global surgical packages and correct modifier usage.
• Struggling with ophthalmic testing services and office visits? Deb's real-life examples make it easy.
• 5 Exam items most often required for a comprehensive eye exam.
• How to get consultation service requirements right every time. 

Deborah Grider, CPC-EMS, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS-P, is president of Medical Professionals, Inc, in Indianapolis; a full service consulting firm. She is the President of the American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board.  Grider is a Certified Professional Coder, Certified Professional Coder-Hospital, Certified Professional Coder-Payer, and an E/M Specialist with the American Academy of Professional Coders. She is a Certified Coding Specialist with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and a member of the Peer Review Editorial Board for Contexo Media. Grider has been in healthcare for 30 years and speaks nationally across the country in relation to compliance, coding, and reimbursement. 

Grider is the author of many coding publications for the American Medical Association.  She is the author of Principles of ICD-9-CM Coding in its third edition, Coding with Modifiers in its second edition, Medical Record Chart Auditor in its second edition. She is also writing the ICD-10-CM Implementation Guide, which will be released in 2009.  In addition to authoring books for AMA, she is the author of the Certified Professional Coder-Hospital, study guide, independent study module 6 and 7 and the Professional Medical Coding Curriculum-Hospital for the American Academy of Professional Coders.