July MUEs hit radiology, lab, DME codes hardest

Article Overview

This article explains a Medicare claims-edit update focused on Medically Unlikely Edits and how the latest phase affects broad categories of services such as durable medical equipment, radiology, laboratory, and some E/M reporting. It is relevant to coding and billing professionals who track Medicare edit changes, claim-line denials, and modifier-related claim handling under NCCI/MUE policies. The article also notes that some edits were revised and that the update was reviewed through specialty-society input.