tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 12

NCCI Update: Reporting Guidance Procedures Just Got Tougher

Edits close the door on 76003 and 76942 with dozens of codes The latest National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) add dozens of bundling edits for fluoroscopic guidance and ultrasound guidance for needle placement (76003 and 76942). Already, you can't bill 76003 with vascular injections, and 76942 is bundled with vascular access codes.Beginning Oct. 1, 76003 and 76942 are components of cardiovascular surgery codes 37207, 37209, 37250, 37620; biliary tract surgery codes 47490-47500, 47510-47530, and 47630; abdomen, peritoneum and omentum surgery codes 49021, 49041, 49061, 49080-49081, 49400 and 49423; and several other procedure types not relevant to general surgery...

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