Take note of 4 major deletions in the 2023 NCCI manual

Why This Topic Matters

Annual NCCI updates can affect how organizations review Medicare coding policy documents and monitor where official guidance is housed. Knowing what was removed, relocated, or revised helps readers stay current with CMS reference materials and with the structure of the manual itself.

Article Sections

1. Correct Coding Initiative

   Introduces the comparison between the 2022 and 2023 NCCI manuals and summarizes the general kinds of changes identified across the manual.

2. Chapter I – General correct coding policies

   Describes a major deletion from Chapter I and notes that some related reference material was reorganized elsewhere in the manual.

3. Acronyms find a new home

   Explains that acronym content was moved into its own chapter and notes additions to that list for 2023.

4. Biopsy guidelines removed

   Discusses the removal of biopsy-related guidance from a surgery chapter and points to where the general guidance is referenced instead.

5. Chapter IX – Radiology services

   Covers another deletion in the radiology chapter and identifies a CMS manual reference cited for related bundled-service information.

6. One final change of note

   Notes the return of the manual’s table of contents after its absence in earlier versions.

7. Resources

   Lists source documents and CMS reference materials associated with the manual update discussion.