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Steer Your Way Clear Through CCI 16.0's Injection, Sedation Edits

Published on Fri Jan 01, 2010

Say goodbye to pairing paravertebral facet injections with virtually any procedure. Watch your coding when reporting new paravertebral facet joint injection codes with other procedures, because you won't get paid for both, thanks to the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI). Get the lowdown on how to adhere to additional edits without giving away procedures. Version 16.0 includes more than 649,000 active edits, according to Frank Cohen, MPA, of MIT Solutions, Inc., in Clearwater, Fla. With edits to the 20000-29999 code family comprising more than 25 percent of all active edits, you can't afford to miss any of the changes. Forget Paravertebral Facets With 22xxx, Spine Procedures Many Jan.1 orthopedic-related edits involve new codes 64490 (Injection[s], diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet [sygapophyseal] joint [or nerves innervating that joint] with image guidance [fluoroscopy or CT], cervical or thoracic; single level) and 64493 (Injection[s], diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet [sygapophyseal] joint [or [...]
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