Industry Notes:
Know These CCI Edits for ED Coding
Published on Thu Nov 02, 2017
It's a common occurrence: The emergency room physician evaluates a patient by performing a complete E/M service, and then determines that the patient requires critical care services, which are administered. However, the days of billing both an emergency department E/M code and a critical care code will soon be gone forever. On Oct. 1, the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) started [...]