NCCI: The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) was implemented in 1996. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the NCCI to promote national correct coding methodologies and to control improper coding leading to inappropriate payment. The purpose of the NCCI edits is to prevent improper payments when inappropriate code combinations or unlikely units of service are reported.
The purpose of National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits is to prevent improper payment of Medicare Part B claims by identifying code pairs considered mutually exclusive in certain circumstances. These edits help ensure accurate reporting and billing of services provided by healthcare professionals.
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What is the job definition for the NCCI Code 8810 for clerical?
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5-digit code assigned by NCCI or other jurisdictions. carrier code assigned by NCCI corresponding to the company name printed on the policy Information Page and providing the predominant coverage for the risk
This is an informational article for physicians, providers and suppliers who use Form CMS-1500 to submit claims to Medicare contractors (carriers, Part A/B Medicare Administrative Contractors (A/B Mac's, and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Mac's) for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.News Flash Beginning with the April 2010 update, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will now post the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edit files in Excel 2007 and in text formats. Because Excel 2007 can support a larger number of rows, each code range will be contained in one file as opposed to multiple files. This should correct the incompatibility issues that some users experienced last quarter with the Excel 2003 files. Please be aware that Excel 2003 and earlier versions of the software have a maximum row count of 65,536. Some of the NCCI Edit files exceed the maximum row count. If you do not have Excel 2007, please use the text format to import the data into an application that can support larger files.
This is an informational article for physicians, providers and suppliers who use Form CMS-1500 to submit claims to Medicare contractors (carriers, Part A/B Medicare Administrative Contractors (A/B Mac's, and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Mac's) for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.News Flash Beginning with the April 2010 update, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will now post the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edit files in Excel 2007 and in text formats. Because Excel 2007 can support a larger number of rows, each code range will be contained in one file as opposed to multiple files. This should correct the incompatibility issues that some users experienced last quarter with the Excel 2003 files. Please be aware that Excel 2003 and earlier versions of the software have a maximum row count of 65,536. Some of the NCCI Edit files exceed the maximum row count. If you do not have Excel 2007, please use the text format to import the data into an application that can support larger files.
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According to the NCCI, Billing Code 87088 is a Bacterial Urine culture, performed under isolated conditions.
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What is your GL Class Code? A cross reference from that would be a good start. Strictly a guess, but if it's earthworm farming I would probably use "Rated As" Feed, Grain or Hay Dealers, NCCI Code 8215 (924 in DE & PA.) If it's raising minnows or crawdads or something, I'd probably use Fish Hatcheries, NCCI Code 0113 (0034 in CA, DE, MI & PA - 0055 in NJ, 0005 in NY.) I think an argument could be made to use Fish Hatcheries in either case (earthworms or minnows, etc.)