tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 1

PHYSICIANS: Why You Can't Use A Modifier To Override SRS Edits

New anesthesia, stereotactic radiosurgery codes on CCI's hit list.CPT 2007 brings a number of new procedure codes, and just as quickly, Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Version 13.0 brings a number of edits.More than half of the 9,610 new code pairs in CCI 13.0 involve new surgical codes. In the past, most of the CCI edits have dealt with anesthesia codes, but this time around the balance has shifted to surgical procedures, says Frank Cohen with CPA Health in Clearwater, FL, who analyzes the CCI edits for payers and providers. The new edits aim to...

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