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Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies (Single Article)
NCCI: Proper use of edits,
modifiers essential to good compliance and reimbursement
November 2002
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Product Description:
The
National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI), a Medicare effort rolled out in 1996,
allows for revenue opportunities, but can also disrupt your compliance efforts
if you don’t use NCCI program edits and modifiers correctly.The
NCCI, a collection of coding edits based on a set of coding policies, has gray
areas on the hospital side, according to Hugh E. Aaron, president of
Health-care Regulatory Advisors, Inc., Glen Allen, VA. Checking edits is an
essential part of coding compliance, Aaron told attendees of the recent Health
Care Compliance Association Compliance Forum in Washing
