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What are the National Correct Coding (CCI) Edits and where can I find out more information about them?
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If I have comments about Medicare’s National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits, where can I submit my comments?
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A patient is seen in the radiology department for a computed tomography (CT) procedure. Prior to the CT procedure, the patient receives an intravenous (IV) contrast injection.
When a CPT code...
Based on CPT...
As of April 1, 2006 our facility has been receiving edits for IV push injections, reported with HCPCS code C8952 in association with codes for surgical procedures, stating these injections are part...
Effective Ap...
A patient came in to a hospital outpatient department for a one hour chemotherapy infusion (C8954).
Prior to the chemotherapy infusion, the patient’s implanted vascular access device was fl...
Based on CMS...
We have a patient that came in for a vaginal hysterectomy (58291) and a salpingo-oophorectomy (58720).
I coded both procedures separately but I received an error message of “58720 is a comp...
Based on CPT...
What are C-codes? I was told that I should be reporting C-codes on hospital outpatient claims.
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A patient is seen in the emergency department for abdominal pain and vomiting. A 2 mg morphine IV push and 12.5 mg phenergan IV push are given for the pain and vomiting. Another 12.5 mg phenergan I...
Report HCPCS...
Patients in our emergency department are often injected with phenergan via IV push, followed by a separate IV push of demerol. The two separate IV pushes last about 10 minutes each. Sometimes later...
Report two u...
How should an OPPS hospital report a non-chemotherapeutic intravenous infusion that last 90 minutes to Medicare for visits?
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