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Keep Nuclear Imaging Claims in the Clear With These CCI and Coding Updates

Published on Wed Oct 31, 2012

Don't let a 78007 slip-up lead to returned claims in 2013.If you code for vascular flow, thyroid uptake, or other nuclear imaging services, change is in the air. New Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits went into effect Oct. 1, 2012, and you'll have new CPT® codes to use starting Jan. 1, 2013.Don't Double Dip on Nuclear ServicesThe latest CCI update reveals that denials may be in your future if you report multiple nuclear medicine services on the same claim.78445: The latest CCI version, effective Oct. 1, 2012, bundles 78445 (Non-cardiac vascular flow imaging [i.e., angiography, venography]) into a large number of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine codes. In fact, you'll find more than 120 new edits with 78445 in the column 2 position, according to the CCI analysis by Frank Cohen, MPA, MBB, principal and senior analyst for The Frank Cohen Group. The edits all have a modifier indicator of [...]
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