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CCI Update:

Identify and Report Nerve Conduction As a Distinct Procedure

Published on Wed Feb 27, 2013

Don’t miss reporting biopsies, injections, and arthrocentesis. You can report nerve conduction with other procedures -- just make sure you identify these as distinct services in order to report them together, according to the most recent Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits version 19.0. Background: "Nerve conduction studies are ordered to evaluate the functional status of nerves, most commonly to fully diagnose [...]
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