tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 1

CCI: CCI Aims Sights at Turbinate Procedure Codes

Plus: You'll find new bundles in gastro, neuro, and orthopedics. Version 15.0 of the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) doesn't leave any specialty untouched. Read on to find out how you'll be affected. Catheter introduction: The new edition of CCI will bundle code 36000 (Introduction of needle or intracatheter, vein) into nearly 60 other codes, including new lap-aroscopy codes 49652-49657. A modifier (such as 59, Distinct procedural service) can separate these edits if the physician performs a separately identifiable procedure. Gastro: You'll find new code 46930 (Destruction of internal hemorrhoid[s] by thermal energy [eg, infrared coagulation, cautery, radiofrequency) now...

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