Same Test, Different Code? Choose 1
Published on Fri May 22, 2009
Consider new CCI edits your guide. Heads up: You have new restrictions on reporting pathology consultations, infectious agent detection, and transfusion medicine. Those are just some of the many new edit pairs youll have to maneuver in the latest Correct Coding Initiative(CCI) update if you want to protect your labs pay. Wake Up to Large File The second quarter is often a quiet front for CCI edits -- but not this year. Version 15.1, effective April 1, contains 304,038 additions. The file is one of the largest Ive seen, says Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CENTC, CPC-H, CPCP,CIMC, CHCC, president of CRN Healthcare Solutions in Tinton Falls, N.J. With new limits on code combinations from pathology consultations to molecular diagnostics and microdissections,you need to tackle nearly 40 changes in laboratory/pathology alone. Avoid Consultation Double-Dipping No surprise here -- CCI already bundles hundreds of lab codes with pathology consultation 80500 (Clinical pathology consultation; limited, [...]
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