CCI Update:
Apply These Angiography, Guidance, and Cardiac Imaging Edits Today
Published on Fri Jul 09, 2010
Remember to check an edit's modifier indicator before you act.Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Version 16.2 is in full effect, as of July 1. But not all news from CCI Version 16.2 is bad news. In addition to the new edit pairs, CCI also deletes dozens of edit pairs, said Frank Cohen, MPA, MBB, of The Frank Cohen Group, in a June 17 announcement about the CCI changes. Below, see which radiology-related edits have been ousted and what's been added.These Interventional Combos Made the Deleted Edit ListCCI deleted the edits bundling pulmonary angiography codes 75741 (Angiography, pulmonary, unilateral, selective, radiological supervision and interpretation), 75743 (Angiography, pulmonary, bilateral, selective, radiological supervision and interpretation), and 75746 (Angiography, pulmonary, by nonselective catheter or venous injection, radiological supervision and interpretation) into 75966 (Transluminal balloon angioplasty, renal or other visceral artery, radiological supervision and interpretation).Reality: You probably don't see pulmonary arteriograms and renal or visceral artery [...]