Highlights from CCI 18.0

Why This Topic Matters

CCI update articles help practices understand which service combinations are newly affected so they can review claim edits and supporting documentation workflows for the quarter.

Article Sections

1. Facet denervation and related procedure edits

   Discusses update changes affecting facet destruction services and related procedure categories, including imaging and other accompanying services.

2. Tendon, trigger point, and joint/bursa injection edits

   Covers new edit pairings involving injection-related services and newly impacted compression and contracture-related procedures.

3. Pain pump reprogramming and analysis codes

   Summarizes edit changes affecting implantable pump analysis, reprogramming, refill, and maintenance-related services.

4. Nerve blocks, neurostimulators, and evoked potential tests

   Reviews new bundled relationships among nerve block services, neurostimulator procedures, and evoked potential testing.

5. Peripheral stimulators and Category III codes

   Highlights new edit activity involving peripheral field stimulator Category III procedures and their relationship to other nerve procedures.

6. Other nerve destruction codes

   Describes broader update effects on additional destruction procedure categories beyond the facet denervation edits.

7. Critical care services

   Covers newly added critical care-related edit relationships involving intensive care and cardioversion services.

8. New MUEs and anesthesia edits

   Summarizes reported medically unlikely edits and anesthesia-related edit changes affecting selected new pain codes.