Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Your Life Could Get Easier With These Deleted Edits
Deleted edits: they're not all bad news. · Thoracotomy code 32100 is no longer mutually exclusive with biopsy code 32402. Also, 32220 (decortication, pulmonary [separate procedure]; total) is no longer a component of 32100.
CCI Version 12.3 doesn't just drop new edits on your head. It also offers relief by taking away some edits that may have been making your life difficult:
· CCI version 9.3 made transhepatic catheter-introduction code 47510 mutually exclusive with injection code 47500, but CCI 12.3 deletes this edit.
· You can now bill biliary-drainage catheter placement code 75982 with biliary drainage code 75980 without using a modifier.
· Basic metabolic panel (80048) is no longer mutually exclusive with electrolyte panel (88051).
· You can start billing xenograft code 15400 with seven autograft codes, including 15050-15100 and three "full-thickness" graft codes.
· Anesthetic injection code 64450 is no longer a component of splint application code 29515 and three strapping codes.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- RADIATION ONCOLOGY:
Your Reimbursement For Radiation Therapy Will Be Slashed By Edits
Critical care, nursing facility care bundled with radiation treatment.
Radiologists just can't seem to catch a [...] - CCI EDITS:
Your Life Could Get Easier With These Deleted Edits
Deleted edits: they're not all bad news.
CCI Version 12.3 doesn't just drop new edits on [...] - ORTHOPEDICS:
Competitive Bidding Coming Soon--But Is The Rule Good For Your Patients?
DME bidding could have your patients limping home.
The next time a patient leaves your office [...] - REIMBURSEMENT:
AMA Rejects Quality-Improvement, P4P Programs
Time is running out for fix to 5.1-percent cut.
The American Medical Association's (AMA) $1.5-million advertising [...] - PRESCRIPTION DRUGS:
Your Patients Need Better Access To Drugs Under Part D, Groups Say
Patient advocacy groups also want improved drug safety through FDA.
National patient-group leaders gathered on Capitol [...] - NPIs:
CMS Has Removed NPI PDF From Its Web Site, But You Have Other Options
Where to look (beyond CMS' Web site) for NPI applications.
Getting a National Provider Identifier (NPI) [...] - HOSPITALS:
Prepare For Imminent Audits Of ED Visits
Physicians' emergency department visits could be under more security soon.
A recent survey by the American [...] - HIPAA COMPLIANCE:
How To Stay HIPAA compliant When Patients Can't Speak For Themselves
Incapacitated patients and HIPAA: know you disclosure obligations.
It's a common occurrence in many health care [...] - CODING:
Don't Bill 75893 Or 36500 With Many Angiography Or Catheterizaton Codes
Once again, CCI makes radiology coding a minefield.
October's Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits are out, [...] - INDUSTRY NOTES:
HHS To Patents--'Own Your Future'
Plus: You've got no mail, doctors tell patients.
In a partnership with six states, the U.S. [...]
