tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 23

Correct Coding: Fluoroscopy Codes Come in for More Edits

Bill separately only if nonintegral Your doctor may use fluoroscopic imaging for a number of surgical and diagnostic procedures, but now more than ever, he'll be unable to bill for it separately.   Version 9.3 of the National Correct Coding Initiative marks 76000 (Fluoroscopy [separate procedure], up to one hour physician time) and 76001 (Fluoroscopy, physician time more than one hour, assisting a nonradiologic physician) as components of a whole host of codes. The edits come on top of existing edits that bundled those codes with a number of others. For example, the NCCI has long bundled 76000...

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