tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 8

NEUROSURGERY: Reap Rewards When You Report Consultations With 61793

Documentation should indicate both codes--and modifiersIf you're applying the recent NCCI edits when you code for stereotactic radiosurgery, you should have less trouble getting the right payment for your claims. NCCI version 11.3 deleted 58 bundles between 61793 (Stereotactic radiosurgery [particle beam, gamma ray or linear accelerator], one or more sessions) and E/M service codes such as CPT 99201 - 99205 and 99211-99215. Old way: When NCCI bundled E/M codes with 61793, you couldn't report those services separate from the surgery.New way: Now you can report both the E/M service your neurosurgeon performs and the stereotactic radiosurgery...

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