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Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

CCI Update:

Don't Let New Lab Bundles Compromise Your Pay

Published on Mon Feb 11, 2019

CPT® 2019 codes top restriction list. The massive Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 25.0 update boasts almost 46,000 new edit pairs, and nearly 8,300 of those come from the 80000-level CPT® codes alone. That means you have a lot to learn to avoid claims denials for code bundles that became effective Jan. 1. As usual for first-quarter CCI updates, many of [...]
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