System updates for 2020 (Professional)

As a reminder, we will update our claim editing software monthly throughout 2020 with the most common updates occurring quarterly in February, May, August and November of 2020. These updates will:

 

• reflect the addition of new, and revised codes (e.g. CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10, modifiers) and their associated edits
• include updates to National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits
• include updates to incidental, mutually exclusive, and unbundled (rebundle) edits
• include assistant surgeon eligibility in accordance with the policy
• include edits associated with reimbursement policies including, but not limited to, frequency edits, medically unlikely edits, bundled services and global surgery preoperative and post-operative periods assigned by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• apply to any provider or provider group (tax identification number) and may apply to both institutional and professional claim types