The National CCI database now contains 626,582 edit pairs of procedure codes that, when billed at the same time for the same patient by the same doctor on the same day, either will not be paid at all or will be paid at a reduced rate. Within the database are some hidden data points that could be critical to your reimbursement and/or compliance, such as duplicates, triplicates, reversals, etc. The data you download from the CMS website does not contain these data points nor can you always determine new and terminated pairs for a given period by just looking at dates. This quarter, there are over 5,000 edit pairs that have been terminated retroactively to April, 2009.

In this short, free webinar, Frank Cohen, analyst and developer of the most popular CCI search engines, will walk you through a brief introduction to the NCCI policy but more importantly, will show you the updated data pairs and the data points that are most often missed. Registered attendees will receive a list of worksheets that contain the duplicates, triplicates, reversals, additions and terminations for Version 15.2, which are effective July 1, 2009

Space is limited. Reserve your webinar now by visiting Frank’s website.

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