tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 22

PHYSICIAN NOTES :CCI Version 15.2 Creates Over 3,500 New Code Pairs; Changes Modifier Status on Several Codes

Plus: CMS is taking comments on its new potential definitions of EHR 'meaningful use.' CPT continues to add new codes, and the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) continues to institute edits that tell you what you can -- and cannot -- report together. CCI's latest version 15.2 takes effect on July 1, and includes over 3,500 new edit pairs, according to Frank Cohen, senior analyst with MIT Solutions, Inc., in a June 17 news release. CCI makes over 6,000 code pair deletions this time around and makes ten modifier changes. Unfortunately, nine of those modifier changes...

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