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CCI 15.3 Update:

Don't Expect Extra Pay for Moderate Sedation, Thanks to CCI 15.3

Published on Sun Nov 15, 2009

You'll now find 76000-76001 bundled with many urological procedures. The last quarterly update of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits doesn't spare your urology coding. Make sure you're up to speed on the latest bundles so you don't rake in denials on claims involving conscious sedation and fluoroscopy. Put Moderate Sedation at the Top of Your Updates There are 18,320 new edits in the most recent version, 15.3, which took effect on Oct. 1, says Michael A. Ferragamo, MD, FACS, clinical assistant professor of urology at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. Roughly 80 percent of the new bundles relate to moderate sedation codes 99148-99150 (Moderate sedation services [other than those services described by codes 00100-01999], provided by a physician other than the health care professional performing the diagnostic or therapeutic service that the sedation supports ...), according to the Sept. 11 "NCCI 15.3 Update" news release by [...]
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