IUSO CE: Evaluation and Management Coding Update 2023
Time limit: 14 days
2 credits
Full course description
Course expires on 31 JAN 2027. All courses must be completed within 14 days of registration.
About the Course
The American Medical Association (AMA) released new guidelines for evaluation and management (E/M) codes that were effective Jan 1, 2021. There is now more emphasis on medical decision making or time compared to the previous history and examination components. These changes affect every optometrist in clinical practice and therefore strong understanding of the use of these new codes is critical to patient care providers. This course will comprehensively cover these changes and how to apply them to patient care. In addition, this course will review medical eye codes and when their use may be more advantageous than E/M codes.Learning Objectives
- Understand why the evaluation and management changes occurred
- Understand the medical eye codes and scenarios for their use in compariso to E/M codes
- Understand how to determine an E/M code using the appropriate interpretation of the problem data and risk
- Understand how to accurately code common ocular conditions
Meet the Instructor
Katie Connolly, OD
Katie Connolly joined Indiana University School of Optometry in July 2015 as a clinical assistant professor working in the pediatric/binocular vision and primary care services at the Atwater Eye Care Center.
Dr. Connolly completed her undergraduate studies at Lake Superior State University and received her doctorate of optometry with distinction from the Michigan College of Optometry in 2014. She then completed her residency in pediatric optometry and binocular vision in 2015 at Indiana University School of Optometry.
She is the director of the school vision screening program in Bloomington and has been focusing on how to improve eye care for patients with special needs. She serves as coordinator of the pediatric/binocular vision residency program.
Her special interests include amblyopia, strabismus, as well as optometric coding and billing. She is currently a candidate for fellowship of the American Academy of Optometry and is a member of the American Optometric Association.
Continuing Education Requirements
All Indiana University School of Optometry (IUSO) online continuing education is COPE approved.
Optometrists should be familiar with the number and type of continuing education credits - including online continuing education credit - that may be counted for licensure by their licensing board. Further information can be found below.
Indiana licensed optometrists can click here to familiarize themselves with the Indiana Optometry Board continuing education requirements.
Illinois licensed optometrists can click here to familiarize themselves with the Illinois Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board continuing education requirements.
Optometrists from other states and provinces can go the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO) website to view CE requirements for all member regulatory boards.