tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 13

NCCI Edits: Cardiac 'Pass Technique' Hit With Tough NCCI Edit

And new meniscal transplantation code includes debridement One new National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edit has aroused controversy before even taking effect. Starting in April, 78472 (Cardiac blood pool imaging, gated equilibrium; planar, single study at rest or stress [exercise and/or pharmacologic], wall motion study plus ejection fraction, with or without additional quantitative processing) will become a component of 78465 (Myocardial perfusion imaging; tomographic [SPECT], multiple studies [including attenuation correction when performed], at rest and/or stress [exercise and/or pharmacologic] and redistribution and/or rest injection, with or without quantification). You won't be able to use a modifier to override this...

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