tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2003 Issue 6

CCI 9.1:New Companions for Caths,Pancreatic Procedures

Of the more than 4,700 changes to the national Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) this quarter (2,835 added edits and 1,908 deleted edits), several hundred will affect general surgical practice, the highlights of which include the bundling of cecostomy (enterostomy) to most pancreatic procedures and a newly bundled component for catheterization codes 93514-93533. CMS and the National Technical Information Services released CCI version 9.1 for April 1 to June 30, 2003. 36100,36200 and 36245 Join Catheterizations CCI now officially bundles needle introduction to cardiac catheterization procedures, assigning the edits a "0" modifier indicator to confirm...

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