CCI Edits 17.2:
Expect Changes To Affect Your Allograft, Excision, Repair Coding
Published on Tue Aug 02, 2011
Get updated with the latest 25 ME and 93 NME bundles.Do you have to commonly report excision codes on the head 21011-21016? If so, pay attention to the latest Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits version 17.2, which went into effect on July 1, 2011. Twenty-five out of 322 mutually exclusive (ME) pairs concern otolaryngologists, while nonmutually exclusive (NME) edits include 93 out of 2,021 bundles from otolaryngology-related procedures such as repair, excision, endoscopy, and incision/destruction, to name a few.Highlight These 25 ME EditsIn the latest CCI edits, only 25 mutually exclusive pairs should impact otolaryngologists. Mutually exclusive codes represent procedures or services that could not reasonably be performed, based on the code definitions or anatomic considerations, at the same session by the same provider on the same beneficiary.The subcutaneous injection procedures on the integumentary system 11950-11954 are mutually exclusive with the comprehensive HCPCS code G0429 (Dermal filler injection[s] for the [...]