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CCI 15.1 Update:

Weed Your Way Through More Than 300,000 New CCI Edits

Published on Fri May 15, 2009

The good news: None of the edits will be a big drain on your reimbursement. If the news about the huge set of new Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits for this quarter has your head spinning, dont worry. Youll only have a few edit pairs to worry about in your urology practice. Let our experts help you narrow your focus. Edits Focus on Just 524 Unique Codes Version 15.1, effective April 1, contains 304,038 additions. This has increased the total present-day CCI database to 629,107 edit pairs. 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. The official reason CMS has given for the size is a need to control anesthesia bundles. On the plus side: These edits are not major changes and certainly will not change urology coding  significantly, says Michael [...]
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