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CCI 15.0 Update:

Ease the Burden of the Latest CCI Edits By Mastering 4 Points

Published on Sat Apr 04, 2009

Good news: Edits shouldn't take a serious toll on your reimbursement bottom line. The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI), version 15.0, sets its sights on the new 2009 codes rather than adding many new edits for your established codes. Checking the modifier indicator one key to navigating the new edits. Read on for more tips. New Lap Hernia Repair Codes Mean New Bundles You-ve learned to expect that new CPT codes bring new bundles from CCI. The laparoscopic hernia repair codes are no exception. CCI 15.0 bundles a slew of codes into 49652 (Laparoscopy, surgical, repair, ventral, umbilical, spigelian, or epigastric hernia [includes mesh insertion, when performed]; reducible), 49653 (-incarcerated or strangulated), 49654 (Laparoscopy, surgical, repair, incisional hernia [includes mesh insertion, when performed]; reducible), 49655 (-incarcerated or strangulated), 49656 (Laparoscopy, surgical, repair, recurrent incisional hernia [includes mesh insertion, when performed]; reducible), and 49657 (-incarcerated or strangulated). CCI bundles the six new [...]
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