Forget reporting new paravertebral facet codes with most other procedures
Published on Tue Jan 05, 2010
CCI 16.0 introduces many changes, but some might not apply with non-Medicare payers. The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) starts the year by changing modifier indicators, implementing edit pairs for new 2010 codes, and even switching column 1/column 2 designations for some pairs. Version 16.0 is effective Jan. 1, 2010, and includes more than 69,000 active edits for anesthesia codes, according to information from Frank Cohen, MPA, of MIT Solutions Inc. in Clearwater, Fla. Read on for the most important highlights for your practice. Check Out New Injection and Fluoroscopy Code Pairs Thousands of new active edits go into effect Jan. 1, including many that pertain to anesthesia and pain management. Paravertebral and somatic bundles: CCI 16.0 bundles virtually all anesthesia codes into new injection codes 64490 (Injection[s], diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet [zygapophyseal] joint [or nerves innervating that joint] with image guidance [fluoroscopy or CT], cervical or thoracic; single [...]