tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 1

CCI Edits: Size-Based Wound Care Codes Face Hundreds Of Edits

 Needle electromyography code edits can't be overriddenFor Medicare providers, the Grinch comes in January. Just when you're getting ready to start using your shiny new codes, the Correct Coding Initiative ties them in knots.CPT 2005 includes two new codes for active wound care based on the wound's size, 97597 (for wounds smaller than 20 square cm) and 97598 (for greater than 20 square cm). Now the CCI Edits are making these two codes mutually exclusive with debridement codes 11010-11012 and burn treatment codes 16000-16035. Codes 97597 and 97598 will become components of a startling 540 codes, including...

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