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CCI 16.3 Update:

Incorporate Injury Repair, Diagnostic Laparoscopy Procedure Bundling Into Your Coding Arsenal

Published on Sat Sep 18, 2010

Don't forget to look at Category III code bundles, too. Now's the time to add the last round of 2010 Correct Coding Initiative ( CCI ) edits to your coding know-how. Version 16.3 initiated many new edit pairs on Oct. 1. You'll need to get to know new edits affecting your small and large bowl injury repairs, open ureterotomy stentings, and diagnostic laparoscopy coding. "Of the 19,667 new edit pairs, all have an effective date of 10/1/2010, meaning that there are no retroactive additions this quarter," says Frank D. Cohen, MPA, MBB, senior analyst with MIT Solutions, Inc. in Clearwater, Fla. Take a look at the new edits that will apply to your urology practice with this quick rundown. Count Bowl, Splenic Injury Repairs With Main Surgery If your urologist has to perform a small or large bowl repair for an intestinal injury that occurs during an open urological or [...]
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