NCCI Modifies - Guide to the CMS National Correct Coding Effort

When you’re billing numerous CPT codes, there might be edits in location that some codes are consisted of in other more detailed codes. How do you understand? Well, let’s discuss the National Correct Coding Effort by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Solutions). It informs you when you can bill codes together, when you CAN NOT costs codes together, and when perhaps you can if it fulfills specific requirements. How do you as a coder understand that requirements? Let me assist you through it.

Referenced links:
CMS NCCI – https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/NationalCorrectCodInitEd
CMS Policy Handbook Chapter 23 – https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/clm104 c23 pdf

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