National Correct Coding Policy Manual for Part B Medicare Carriers, Version 2.2. Chapter 9. Radiology Services.

摘要

The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) manual is a tool used by the provider community in order to determine the appropriate billing of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes. Specifically, this manual addresses the inappropriate unbundling of comprehensive procedure codes into its component parts, as well as, the inappropriate billing of mutually exclusive procedures, i.e., those procedures that cannot occur during the same operative session. The CCI manual is divided into two sections: General Correct Coding Policies - provides the background and basic information from which correct coding policies were developed. Specific Correct Coding Policies Divided into Chapters based upon CPT and HCPCS cpdes ranges - The 'A' portion of each chapter contains specific correct coding policies that apply to the CPT of HCPCS code range of the chapter. The 'B' portion of each chapter contains the specific procedure code combinations.