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72010 Alert:

Spine X-Ray Codes Swap Columns and Categories

Published on Sat Jun 13, 2009

Plus: Discover how limited ultrasound edits help perfect your bladder coding. Before you get too excited about seeing spine x-ray codes among Correct Coding Initiative 15.1 edit deletions,be sure you get the facts. Bonus: These edits, effective April 1, alert you to whether youve been coding services correctly in the past. Replace Old Spine Coding Edits With New New: CCI 15.1 creates the following spine x-ray column 1/column 2 edits and gives them a modifier indicator of 1: This is a column and category switch for these codes. Deleted: CCI 15.1 deletes the previous mutually exclusive edits, which had 72010 in the column 2 position: Helpful: You should code 72010 only when it is a stand-alone exam -- or if it is intended to be a stand-alone but abnormal findings make more views necessary, says Jackie Miller, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, vice president of product development for Coding Metrix Inc. in Powder [...]
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