Interest Area:  Medicare CCI Edits

Priority: High

Please note the news item below from CMS that the quarterly update to the CCI Edits have been released, and are now available via the link below.

Provider Types Affected
Physicians billing Medicare carriers

Provider Action Needed
This is a reminder for physicians to note the quarterly updates to the coding initiatives. The next round of CCI edits will be effective on April 1, 2006.

Physicians may view the current CCI edits and the current Mutually Exclusive Code (MEC) edits at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/physicians/cciedits