Extra Credit

NCCI Edits and MUEs

Official docs outline

6 sections
  1. NCCI overview

    Purpose of NCCI edits and how Medicare uses them.

  2. Procedure-to-procedure edits

    Column one and column two codes, modifier indicators and bundling rules.

  3. Medically unlikely edits

    Maximum units of service per day, MAI and adjudication indicators.

  4. NCCI policy manual

    Chapter-by-chapter correct coding policy.

  5. Add-on code edits

    Primary code requirements for add-on codes.

  6. Modifiers that bypass edits

    Modifiers 59, XE, XS, XP and XU use.

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