tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 18

NCCI Bundles 76942 With Dozens of Codes

New Codes Anticipated in 2004   When you're billing for guidance procedures such as fluoroscopy or ultrasound for vascular needle placement, it may feel as if you're trying to thread a sewing needle with yarn. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has set up a maze of edits governing these codes.   Luckily, help is on the way. The Society of Interventional Radiology has some recommendations for how you can bill these guidance codes without falling afoul of National Correct Coding Initiative edits and other problems. The current NCCI edits bundle 76942 (Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement) with...

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