Guard against new transitional care management code bundling edits

Why This Topic Matters

These edits can affect whether services are separately payable or denied when billed on the same date, so coders and practices need to recognize which code relationships changed in CCI Version 20.0 and where modifier use may no longer resolve the edit.

Article Sections

1. CCI Version 20.0

   Introduces the update and frames the article around new bundling changes tied to transitional care management and other procedure categories.

2. CCI bundles services into new procedure codes

   Describes how the version includes broad bundling of component services into procedure codes and references the policy context for inclusive services.

3. Here are additional changes in CCI version 20.0

   Summarizes several additional areas affected by the update, including consult services, procedure pair edits, cardiology-related changes, and mutually exclusive relationships.