Ophthalmic Coding Coach

Note: The 2017 edition of the print version will go on presale on Oct. 3 with an expected ship date of Jan. 30, 2017.

Coding Coach: The Complete Ophthalmic Reference

Avoid costly coding errors and maximize reimbursement with the Academy’s complete ophthalmology-specific coding reference. Coding Coach consolidates the necessary information you need for a given procedure in one accurate source.

The Coding Coach print or online, is a must-have ‘one-stop’ resource that helps you:

• Save time by consolidating information found in numerous sources
• Increase your coding accuracy and practice profitability

Coding Coach provides you with the following information:

• Diagnosis code links (the print version includes ICD-10; the online subscription has both ICD-9 and 10)
• Assistance-at-surgery coverage
• Associated procedures
• CCI edits (updated quarterly in the online version)
• CPT^® codes and descriptors
• Definitions for the layperson
• Global periods for federal and commercial payers
• HCPCS code links
• Helpful coding clues
• Modifier usage
• RVUs for the office and facility
• Site-of-service differential
• Images

Save 10% when you buy four or more coding products.

Print Edition:
The print edition of the Coding Coach comes as a spiral-bound, three-volume set. The content is arranged by CPT code (e.g. 65400) but each volume includes an alphabetical index of procedures to help you find the numerical equivalent quickly (e.g. Lesion: Cornea, excision, 65400).

• Volume 1 covers integumentary, musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive and nervous systems that are related to the eye.
• Volume 2 covers eye and ocular adnexa.
• Volume 3 covers radiology, special testing, spectacle services (including prosthesis aphakia), Category III codes, HCPCS codes and miscellaneous codes.

Online: The Web-based online version, a 12-month subscription, has all the relevant information, plus these features:

• Quick and easy search by CPT codes or keywords
• ICD-9 and ICD-10 diagnosis code links
• CCI edits updated quarterly
• Notes field for specific code families
• Printable content

Accessing the online version:
After your purchase, you will receive an email with a license code which will give you access to the product. If you purchased for two or more users, you will receive codes for each user.

Save up to 40% when you subscribe to the online version of the Coding Coach for two or more users. Discount will be reflected at checkout.

• 20 percent off for 2-5 users: $204/user (member)
• 25 percent off for 6-15 users: $191.25/user (member)
• 30 percent off for 16-20 users: $178.50/user (member)
• 40 percent off for 21 or more users: $153/user (member)

Licensing Agreement: Each Coding Coach Online Subscription license is for one user only. Read the Academy's licensing agreement for online coding products (PDF) for details.

ISBN for Print Version: 978-1-61525-873-4

CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.

What devices can I use to access Coding Coach Online?
You can use Coding Coach Online on your desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone.

Do I need to be connected to the Internet?
Yes, this web-based tool requires an Internet connection.

How do I access the Coding Coach Online?
After your purchase, you will receive an email with a license code which will give you access to the product. If you purchased for two or more users, you will receive codes for each user.

Still have questions?
Contact Customer Service at customer_service@aao.org or call +1 415.561.8540.
Normal business hours of the Academy's Service Center are 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.