tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 18

NCCI Edits: 3 Essential CCI Changes That You Should Study Right Now

Fortunately, some of them can be separated with modifiers. The latest round of CCI (Correct Coding Initiative) edits went into effect April 1, with several additions that you need to watch. Read on for the breakdown by procedure: epidural injections, TEE, and joint injections. Don’t Assume You Can Report Flouro Guidance With Epidurals One new set of bundling edits lists epidural codes 62310-62319 as Column 1 procedures with 77003 (Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures [epidural or subarachnoid]) as the Column 2 code. The descriptors for...

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