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Avoid Denials With This Lowdown on Newborn CCI Bundles

Published on Fri Mar 26, 2010

These edits took effect April 1, so start observing them yesterday. The latest version of the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) has an edit that FP coders should note - especially if the practice treats newborn patients. Get to know the new CCI 16.1 edit and get ready to observe it with this expert breakdown. Check Column 1 on These Hospital E/Ms According to CCI 16.1, these codes are in column 1 of the mutually exclusive edits: 99231 (Subsequent hospital care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires at least 2 of these 3 key components: a problem focused interval history; a problem focused examination; medical decision making that is straightforward or of low complexity ...) 99232 (... an expanded problem focused interval history; an expanded problem focused examination; medical decision making of moderate complexity ...) 99233 (... a detailed interval history; a detailed examination; medical [...]
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