tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 38

Part B Coding Coach: Watch Out When Billing Discharge, E/M on the Same Day Thanks to New CCI Edits

Don’t miss these closure of vesicouterine fistula edits. The last round of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits for 2013 brings 1,276 new edits—and although that doesn’t sound like a lot of changes, some of them could be doozies. “CCI version 19.3, effective October 1 of this year, has been released and contains some real surprises,” says Frank Cohen, MPA, MBB, principal and senior analyst for The Frank Cohen Group in Clearwater, Fla. Take Note of This E/M, Discharge Service Change As of October 1, you will see that CCI no longer bundles...

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