tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 34

More New CCI Edits

Evaluation and management codes 99239, 99298-99350, 99431-99440 and 99455-99456 will become components of clinical brachytherapy codes 77750-77763 and 77777-77790 in Correct Coding Initiative version 11.3. You won't be able to use a modifier to override these edits. • 76375 (Coronal, sagittal, multiplanar, oblique, 3-dimensional and/or holographic reconstruction of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or other tomographic modality) will become a component of 136 different codes. These include almost every code from the diagnostic nuclear medicine section of the CPT book, except for a few add-on codes and unlisted codes.• 36000 (Introduction of needle or intracatheter, vein) and...

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