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Dr.Z, In online Q&A 2145 posted March 25, 2010, in your answer you refer to the fact that that there are new edits preventing billing of angioplasty and atherectomy in the same vessel, effective for MD's 1/1/2010 and hospitals 4/1/2010. I had heard that somewhere else, probably a webinar and had been advising my clients of the upcoming CCI edits, however when I look at the CCI tables on CMS website there are no edits whatsoever for any atherectomy or angioplasty codes. I have read the reference in the NCCI Manual, 15.3, but your reference to them being effective Jan. 2010 for physicians and April 2010 for hospitals leads me to believe that there would have been true CCI edits as hospitals are one quarter behind physicians on CCI edit effective dates. Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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