Professional system updates for 2024

As a reminder, we will update our claim editing software for professional services throughout 2024, with most updates occurring quarterly. These updates apply to any provider, provider group (identified by tax identification number), and/or across providers and claim type (such as, professional or facility) and include, but are not limited to:

• The addition of new, and revised codes (for example, CPT^®, HCPCS, ICD-10, modifiers) and associated edits such as:
  • ICD-10 laterality
  • Add-on procedures (indicated by + sign)
  • Code book parenthetical statements and other directives about appropriate code use (for example, separate procedure, do not report, list separately in addition to, etc.)
• Updates to editing for multiple procedure and bilateral reduction calculations based on relative value unit (RVU) as designated and updated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) in the physician fee schedule relative value (PFSRV) files
• Updates to National Correct Coding Initiative edits (NCCI) and medically unlikely edits (MUEs)
• Updates to incidental, mutually exclusive, and unbundled (re-bundle) edits
• Updates to code edits associated with reimbursement policies including, but not limited to, bundled services, global surgery preoperative, and post-operative periods assigned by CMS, edits that allow/disallow for assistant surgeon/co-surgeon/team surgeon, and frequency edits.