tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 26

CCI: Several Medicare Screenings Now Bundle Into E/M Visits

But CCI 18.2 does allow a modifier when medically necessary, separate procedures are performed.The CCI released version 18.2, effective July 1, 2012, revealing 2,521 new active pairs and 88 code pair deletions, said Frank D. Cohen, MPA, MBB, senior analyst with The Frank Cohen Group, LLC, in his analysis of the changes. Of the over 2,500 new pairings, 122 had a retroactive effective date of January 1, 2012 while the remaining 2399 went into effect on July 1. All of the code bundle deletions were effective June 30.Medicare 'G' Codes in the SpotlightIf...

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