Dermatology Coding Alert

CCI 18.0 Update: Include Compression Therapy in Many Skin Graft Codes

Look for different sessions or sites before you try to break these bundles.

If your dermatologist is performing venous compressions to treat ulcers, you may already know about new procedure codes 29582-29584 (Application of multi-layer compression system...), introduced in CPT® 2012. And now you need to know how that code is affected by the latest round of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits, effective January 1, 2012.

CCI 18.0 includes 15,530 new edit pairs, according to an analysis by Frank Cohen, principal and senior analyst for The Frank Cohen Group, LLC, in Clearwater, Fla.

According to CCI 18.0, 29582-29584 are considered [...]

- Published on 2012-01-19

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