tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 11

CCI Deletions: Screening Culture And Blood Culture No Longer Anathema

CCI 10.1 deletes 3 mutually exclusive edits, 5 component editsIt just got easier to bill for new CPT 76937 (Ultrasound guidance for vascular access requiring ultrasound evaluation of potential access sites, documentation of selected vessel patency, concurrent realtime ultrasound visualization of vascular needle entry, with permanent recording and reporting).  That code is no longer mutually exclusive with 75998 (Fluoroscopic guidance for central venous access device placement, replacement (Catheter only or complete) or removal). Coding experts said that Medicare didn't want coders to bill both codes if the provider did a "quick look" ultrasound and then a fluoroscopy...

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