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unbundling edit with 33261 and 33268

Date: Nov 28, 2022

Question:

I wanted to bring up the fact that nowhere in the CPT Codebook does it say that you can't bill 33268 with 33261. The new guidelines say: "(Do not report 33268 in conjunction with 33254, 33255, 33256, 33257, 33258, 33259, 33265, 33266, 33420, 33422, 33425, 33426, 33427, 33430)." I see nothing about 33261; however, I'm getting an edit when trying to code these together. Do you know if this is an error with Medicare NCCI guidelines? I also don't see that you can't bill them together per your 2022 books. It would make sense that these codes are unbundled due to 33261 being an ablation. Thoughts?

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