tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2007 Issue 2

CODING QUICK UPDATE: The 'Unlikely' Will Definitely Happen

CMS delivers on long-promised initiative Ready yourself now: Beginning in January 2007, you-ll have to contend with a new set of coding -edits- -- separate from the already-established National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits -- from CMS. If the edits function as intended, however, you should find them more a help than a hindrance to your practice. Edits Prevent Gross Mistakes The new -Medically Unlikely Edits- (MUEs) are an undated and refined version of the -Medically Unbelievable Edits- that CMS initially proposed -- and then, due to provider concerns, withdrew -- in 2005.The goal of the new edits...

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