You Be the Coder:
CCI Versus CPT® Rules
Published on Tue Mar 18, 2014
Question: I used the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits checker tool and entered 2 CPT® codes (58558 and 58559). There was no indication these codes cannot be reported together. However, when I use the CMS scrubber tool and enter the codes, I get a “critical” error message indicating the code cannot be reported, per CPT® relationship guidelines. I’m confused on [...]