Comprehensive Coding Initiative Edit Denial InformationThe Remittance Advice will contain the following codes when this denial is appropriate. Show
Correct Coding Initiative (CCI): The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wanted to develop, promote, and encourage correct coding practices in order to prevent payment that could be given in error. The purpose of the NCCI edits is to prevent improper payment when incorrect code combinations are reported. The NCCI contains two tables of edits. The Column One/Column Two Correct Coding Edits table and the Mutually Exclusive Edits table include code pairs that should not be reported together for a number of reasons explained in the Coding Policy Manual. Resolution/ResourcesCheck CCI edits prior to claim submission; edits are updated quarterly.For specific information on modifiers that may be used to denote exceptions to CCI (including CPT modifiers 24, 25, 59, 76 and 91), refer to the Modifer Tool on the CGS website. Evaluation and Management Services, with Direct Reference to Global Surgery DenialsThe Remittance Advice will contain the following code when this denial is appropriate.
Resolutions/ResourcesThe global days of a surgery are determined by CMS. As part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule database (MPFSDB), the codes all include their global information. Please check the website for any surgical code that might cause your claim to deny.
Please Note: When a visit occurs on the same day as a surgery with '0' global days and within the global period of another surgery and the visit is unrelated to both surgeries, CPT modifiers 24 and 25 must be submitted. ReferenceNon-Global Denials Involving ModifiersHospice: Non-Attending Physician Denials The Remittance Advice will contain the following code when this denial is appropriate.
Resources/ResolutionDetermine whether the patient has elected hospice benefits prior to submitting claims to Medicare. That information can be verified through the Provider Customer Service customer service line. Hospice Benefits and Medicare Part B
ReferenceAccess CMS guidelines related to hospice through the following links: CPT Modifier 26The Remittance Advice will contain the following code when this denial is appropriate.
Certain procedures are a combination of a physician component and a technical component. When the physician component is reported separately, the service may be identified by adding the modifier "26" to the usual procedure code. This modifier denotes that the provider performed the "interpretation only". Modifier "26" is most commonly used with diagnostic tests, including labs and x-rays. Refer to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) to determine whether the professional/ technical component concept applies to a particular procedure code.ReferenceComplete definitions of supervision indicators are available in CMS Pub. 100-04, Chapter 23 , in the Addendum following Section 90What is a dirty claim?The dirty claim definition is anything that's rejected, filed more than once, contains errors, has a preventable denial, etc.
What is a clean claim?A "clean claim" means a claim that does all of the following: Identifies the health professional, health facility, home health care provider, or durable medical equipment provider that provided service sufficiently to verify, if necessary, affiliation status and includes any identifying numbers.
What is the proper term for a claim that has been successfully submitted without errors?In its simplest form, a clean claim should be defined as one that has no errors or omissions and can be processed without additional information or verification of information by a human, third-party service, or automation.
What is the process of accepting or denying a submitted claim called?What is the process of accepting or denying a submitted claim called? Adjudication.
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