How do speech-language pathologists know which codes Medicare will and won allow to be billed on the same day?
Go to National Correct Coding Initiative: Speech-Language Pathology Edits for a list of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits for audiology codes. CMS uses this automated edit system to control specific code pairs that can be reported on the same day. The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI or, more commonly, CCI) has been in place since January 1, 1996, and is updated quarterly. The goals of CCI are to eliminate “mutually exclusive” code pairings and codes considered to be components of more comprehensive services or otherwise inappropriate to be delivered to the same patient on the same day.
