AdministrativeAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield | CommercialNovember 30, 2018

Claims system updates for 2019: Professional

As a reminder, our claim editing software will be updated monthly throughout 2019 with the most common updates occurring quarterly in February, May, August and November of 2019. 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, bundled services and global surgery preoperative and post-operative periods assigned by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)