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CCI 19.3:

Get Ready for Numerous Digestive System Procedure Edits

Published on Tue Oct 15, 2013

Modifier indicator ‘0’ leaves few options. Don’t get too excited about the many surgical procedure edit pairs deleted in Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 19.3, effective Oct. 1. Although the latest version “contains some real surprises,” as Frank Cohen, MPA, MBB, principal and senior analyst for The Frank Cohen Group in Clearwater, Fla says — many of them won’t make [...]
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