Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

CCI 19.1:

Modifier Indicators Are Your Keys to Success for 64615 Edit Pairs

Also: Watch for hundreds of edits to epidural codes. The latest Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits – version 19.1,  effective April 1, 2013 – introduced a number of edits for new chemodenervation code 64615 (Chemodenervation of muscle[s]; muscle[s] innervated by facial, trigeminal, cervical spinal and accessory nerves, bilateral [e.g., for chronic migraine]). Read on for the rundown of how the [...]
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