tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 35

NCCI EDITS: More New and Revised Code Descriptors Changed By NCCI Edits

Cardiotomy, tube placement and infusion painted into a corner by edits Many codes that received revisions to their descriptors in the 2004 CPT book also fell under a blizzard of edits in the National Correct Coding Initiative, version 10.0, making them harder to bill with other commonly used codes. For example:   33310 (Cardiotomy, exploratory [includes removal of foreign body, atrial or ventricular thrombus]; without bypass) was revised for 2004 to clarify that the thrombus could be atrial or ventricular. Now the NCCI Edits clarify that 33310 is a component of intrathoracic anesthesia codes 00524-00529. Also, 33315 (...

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