tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 34

CODING: Get Up To Speed On New CCI Edits

2 CCI changes that should change the way you code.If you're not keeping up with the latest changes to the Correct Coding Initiative, you could be missing out on reimbursement. Here are two recent changes that could make a huge difference to your bottom line:1) You can bill for critical care and discharge separately. The most recent CCI update, version 12.2 (effective July 1, 2006), deletes an edit that made critical care codes 99291-99292 components of hospital discharge day management code 99239 (Hospital discharge day management; more than 30 minutes). So if a patient presents in an...

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