Cardiology Coding Alert

CCI 28.1:

Pay Attention to New Coarctation of Aorta Repair Edits to Submit Clean Claims

Hint: A modifier indicator of “0” means you cannot break an edit. You’ve learned about the 2022 CPT® left atrial appendage (LAA) exclusion, coarctation of aorta repair and congenital heart catheter additions, changes, and revisions in recent issues of Cardiology Coding Alert. Now, with the release of the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) 28.1 procedure-to-procedure (PTP) edits, you should also [...]
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