• 1 NCCI Update: Get Ready--Version 12.1 Edits Take Aim at CVC, Moderate Sedation

• 2 Back to Basics: Check Your Modifier 59 Use to Avoid Audit Hot Buttons

• 3 Pain Management Corner: Use These 2 Starting-Point Strategies for Facet Injections

• 4 READER QUESTIONS: Stick With 1 Code for Temporary Tracheostomy

• 5 READER QUESTIONS: Multiple Procedures Mean Multiple Codes

• 6 READER QUESTIONS: Special Circumstances Merit Better Choice Than 01967

• 7 READER QUESTIONS: Unusual Positions Mean Extra Units--Sometimes

• 8 READER QUESTIONS: General Code May Be Only Option for Central Pain Syndrome Diagnosis

• 9 You Be the Coder: Deciding Between 00560, 00563 for Hypothermia