tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 9

NCCI Update: 97597-97598: Correct This Selective Debridement CCI Glitch in Your Notes

Hang on to your claims for these wound care management codes until MACs straighten out the erroneous NCCI edit.As most veteran coders know, you can't report an add-on code unless you bill it along with its "parent code" on the same claim. But an NCCI glitch has made it impossible for you to collect for both the debridement add-on code 97598 and its partner code 97597 -- creating denied claims and confusion for practices that perform active wound care management. However, a new announcement indicating that the NCCI is fixing the problem should ease your coding angst.The...

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