tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 13

NCCI: Mutually Exclusive Edits Threaten Reimbursement

 The July release of the National Correct Coding Initiative includes only 111 mutually exclusive edits as compared to the 3,698 non-mutually exclusive edits it adds. In one mutually exclusive edit, new CPT 29873 (Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with lateral release) became much harder to bill with excision-debridement codes 11010-11012. You can use a modifier to override this edit.  The NCCI also makes new code 49419, for insertion of intraperitoneal cannula or catheter, mutually exclusive with similar codes 49420 and 49421.  Also, 76070 (Computed tomography, bone mineral density study, one or more sites; axial skeleton) is...

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