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Ace CCI Edits for 93650/36000 & 93650/76000

Question: Can I report 36000 and 76000 separately when billing 93650? Florida Subscriber Answer: No. According to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits, including the April 2017 version, you should not report Column 1 code 93650 (Intracardiac catheter ablation of atrioventricular node function, atrioventricular conduction for creation of complete heart block, with or without temporary pacemaker placement) with Column 2 Codes 36000 (Introduction [...]
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