CCI 18.0: Latest Edits Clarify TPI, Tendon Injections Override 100+ Other Procedures

Plus: 94150 'separate procedure' doesn't always mean separate coding.

New codes aren't the only things that affect your coding in 2012 -- you also need to cull through the latest Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits to ensure you correctly report multiple procedures. CCI 18.0 went into effect Jan. 1, 2012, with substantial changes to how you should code familiar injection or incision/drainage procedures.

Report Injection Over Compression, Aspiration

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, Fl.

If your physician administers trigger point, [...]

- Published on 2012-01-10