tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2012 Issue 11
CCI 18.3: 12001-13153: Halt Closure Coding with (Almost) Anything
Report repair alone or with lesion excision only.In case you've ever wondered if you could separately report your surgeon's closure services for pretty much any surgical procedure, Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits version 18.3 answers a resounding, "no."Effective October 1, 2012, CCI adds 233,242 new edit pairs, and most of those restrict reporting simple, intermediate, and complex repair codes (12000-13153) with practically every code from the start of the integumentary section (10040, Acne surgery [e.g., marsupialization, opening or removal of multiple milia, comedones, cysts, pustules]) to the end of the auditory system (69970, Removal...
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