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tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 1
CCI 12.0: CPT 2006 Gives And CCI 12.0 Takes Away
940 edits bundle many procedures with new skin graft codesCPT 2006 introduced four new codes for laparoscopic gastric procedures, 44180-44188 (See PBI, Vol. 6, No. 38.) And now the Correct Coding Initiative will make those new codes much harder to use.CCI 12.0, effective January 1, makes a number of codes into components of 44180-44188. These include IV introduction code 36000, venipuncture code 36410, trans-catheter therapy code 37202, tube placement code 43752, laparoscopy code 49320, spinal injection codes 62318-62319, anesthetic injection codes 64415-64417, 64450-64470 and 64475. You'll be able to use a modifier to override all of...
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