CCI Ver. 9.1

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Article Overview

This premium article reviews CMS National Correct Coding Initiative Version 9.1 and its impact on common cardiology and nuclear medicine reporting. It is aimed at coders and billing professionals who need to understand how the update affects bundled procedure relationships, edit indicators, and related modifier use across several code families.

Why This Topic Matters

The article helps readers track a large set of CCI changes effective April 1, 2003, especially where procedure pairings and edit indicators affect claims submission. It is relevant for avoiding unintentional code conflicts in cardiology and imaging claims.

Article Sections

  1. CCI Version 9.1 update overview

    Summarizes the scope of the CMS update and the types of edit changes introduced. Provides a general view of where the major changes are concentrated.

  2. Angiography code edits

    Discusses new angiography-related edits affecting renal and iliac artery reporting. Covers the code families and component relationships addressed in the update.

  3. Cardiac catheterization code restrictions

    Reviews additional bundling changes involving cardiac catheterization code groups. Focuses on how the update affects relationships among catheterization and angiography services.

  4. Nuclear medicine code edits

    Describes new component-code edits in the nuclear medicine portion of the update. Addresses myocardial perfusion and cardiac blood pool imaging code groupings.

What You Will Learn

  • What CCI Version 9.1 covers
  • Which broad cardiology and imaging code families are affected
  • How the article frames edit indicators and modifier considerations
  • Which types of bundled relationships are discussed
  • How the update relates to claims coding review workflows

Who Should Read This

  • Medical coders
  • Coding auditors
  • Billing staff
  • Cardiology practice managers
  • Hospital revenue cycle professionals

Codes Discussed

Code Ranges Discussed

Modifiers Discussed


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