September 2016 Q & A

Question: Brachial Cutdown Not Involving AAA Repair

August 2016 Q & A

Question: Embolization - 37241 for lymphatic malformation treatment

July 2016 Q & A

Question: Does a CTO 92943 have to be staged?

National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Changes On July 1, 2016

We’ve just entered a new calendar quarter, so the NCCI edits are revised.

There are numerous changes, which we’ve posted for members under the 'Newsletters' section. Here are some examples:

CPT® 2016: Neuro-interventional Coding

Part 3: Understand the changes affecting neuro-interventional procedures.

For 2016, the biggest CPT® coding changes affecting interventional radiology occur within the subspecialties of urinary, biliary, and
neurologic intervention. In March, we covered urinary intervention and in April we covered percutaneous biliary interventional coding. This month, we’ll finish our series by focusing on transcatheter neuro-interventions and describing three new codes for 2016.

Read the whole article.

Originally presented in "Healthcare Business Monthly".