Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
They're Not All Bad News
CCI Version 12.3 doesn't just drop new edits on your head. It also offers relief by taking away some edits that may have been making your life difficult:
- Thoracotomy code 32100 is no longer mutually exclusive with biopsy code 32402. Also, 32220 (Decortication, pulmonary [separate procedure]; total) is no longer a component of 32100.
- CCI version 9.3 made transhepatic catheter-introduction code 47510 mutually exclusive with injection code 47500 (see PBI, Vol. 4, No. 23), but CCI 12.3 deletes this edit.
- You can now bill biliary-drainage catheter placement code 75982 with biliary drainage code 75980 without using a modifier.
- Basic metabolic panel (80048) is no longer mutually exclusive with electrolyte panel (88051).
- You can start billing xenograft code 15400 with seven autograft codes, including 15050-15100 and three -full-thickness- graft codes.
- Anesthetic injection code 64450 is no longer a component of splint application code 29515 and three strapping codes.
Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
- ORTHOPEDICS:
DME Bidding Could Have Your Patients Limping Home
CMS will soon clarify NPI muddle
The next time a patient leaves your office wearing a [...] - RADIOLOGY:
Once Again, CCI Makes Radiology Coding A Minefield
Don't bill 75893, 36500 with many angiography codes
October's Correct Coding Initia-tive (CCI) edits are out, [...] - TESTS:
If The Test Comes Up Negative, You Must Bill Symptoms
Don't saddle your patients with a wrong diagnosis forever
When your physician orders a test for [...] - You've Got No Mail, Doctors Tell Patients
Only one in four doctors (24 percent) use e-mail to communicate with patients about their [...] - RADIATION ONCOLOGY:
Critical Care, Nursing Facility Care Bundled With Radiation Treatment
Your reimbursement for radiation therapy will be slashed by edits
Radiologists just can't seem to catch [...] - Deleted Edits:
They're Not All Bad News
CCI Version 12.3 doesn't just drop new edits on your head. It also offers relief [...] - CCI EDITS:
Say Goodbye To Modifiers For Nursing Facility Edits
Prolonged services, moderate sedation edits also modifier-proof
A new set of 36 mutually exclusive edits guarantees [...] - Part B Coding Coach:
Brush Up on Your ICD-9 Skills Before the 2007 Codes Hit
Follow these tips and guarantee proper diagnosis coding practices
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Time Running Out For Fix To 5.1 To 5.1-Percent Cut
You gave your carrier high marks for claims processing
The American Medical Association's $1.5 million advertising [...]
