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Don't Miss 64-Lead ECG Edits Among 304,000 New Bundles

Published on Tue Mar 03, 2009

Weve sorted through the massive release to find the edits that affect you. Bring order to the chaos of the hundreds of thousands of new edits Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 15.1 put into effect April 1 by breaking it down into a few digestible chunks. Put your mind at ease with this analysis of CCIs newest bundle pairs. A Short List of Codes Bears the Brunt CCI takes aim at a relatively small group of codes this round, with only 524 unique codes listed in column 2 of the new column 1/column 2 edit list, according to Frank Cohen, MPA, senior analyst with MIT Solutions Inc. in Clearwater, Fla., in his March 25, 2009, webinar NCCI Version 15.1 Update. For example: CCI bundles many of the codes it focuses on into interventional procedures, such as 93508 (Catheter placement in coronary artery[s], arterial coronary conduit[s], and/or venous coronary bypass graft[s] [...]
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