tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 5

CCI 20.1: Prep for 400 Esophageal Procedure Bundles

Look for more fluid collection edit pairs, too. Some specialties get a break in the second quarter Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) update — but not general surgery. More than 10 percent of the new edit pairs are for surgical procedures that physicians in your practice might perform.  How big is it? Relative to the CCI 20.0 update of 61,120 new edit pairs, the version 20.1 list looks small, with only 4,322 new bundles. “Overall, it’s a bit of a yawn this time,” says Frank Cohen, MPA, MBB, principal and senior analyst...

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