CCI EDITS:
CCI 15.2 Nixes Edit for Applied Neurostimulator
Published on Wed Jun 10, 2009
Check out new edits that affect eye exam codes, anesthesia, and vent management. The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) may have startled coders when its April 1 round of edits bundled applied neurostimulator code 64550 into hundreds of other procedures, but new version 15.2 corrects that error, deleting these bundles retroactive to April 1, 2009. The new version of CCI, which took effect July 1, does bundle 64550 (Application of surface [transcutaneous] neurostimulator) into several anesthesia codes (such as 01920 and 01922), "but this is nothing considering that code was bundled into practically every other code in CPT prior to the new CCI deletions," says Atlanta-based coding consultant Jay Neal. Anesthesia affected: Of the 3,565 new edit pairs, a full 65 percent of the column 1 codes are in the 00100-01999 range, according to analysis by Frank Cohen, senior analyst with MIT Solutions, Inc. This means that more services than ever [...]
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