tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 1

RADIOLOGY: NG Feeding Tube Bundled With Dozens Of Radiology Codes

CMS agrees to leave balloon angioplasty aloneHeads up, radiologists: Some of your most valuable new codes will receive extra attention from the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI). CCI 12.0 will bundle 37202 (Transcatheter therapy, infusion other than for thrombolysis, any type) with some new codes for kyphoplasty, endovascular repair of descending aorta and renal pelvis catheterization, among others.This infusion code has nothing to do with post-operative pain  management, so there's no reason to bundle it with surgical codes,  complained the American College of Radiology in a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. But...

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