General Surgery Coding Alert

CCI 20.2:

Resist Separate Vessel Repair With Many Surgeries

Forsake separate assessment and management, too. Sometimes you’ll see a lull in new Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edit pairs by the third quarter — but not this year. The July 1, 2014 CCI version 20.2 update brings 20,729 new edit pairs. “With only 212 terminations, we see a net gain this quarter of 20,517 new edit pairs for a total [...]
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