tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2010 Issue 1

3 Tips Help You Navigate CCI 16.0 Lap, Excision Limitations

Distinguish skin and lymph procedures from new soft tissue codes to ensure payment. Before you're done prepping to use the new CPT 2010 general surgery codes, the latest edition of Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) is already making some code pairings impossible. CCI released version 16.0, effective Jan. 1, which includes 24,060 new active pairs and 869 modifier changes, according to Frank D. Cohen, MPA, MBB, senior analyst with MIT Solutions. Most of the code pairings -- and deletions -- affect codes that debuted or exited in CPT 2010. Round up all the general surgery edits you...

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