Question

he Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits contain a listing of codes under two columns titled, "comprehensive codes" and "component codes." According to the CCI edits, when a provider bills Medicare for a procedure that appears in both columns for the same beneficiary on the same date of serviceA. code only the component code.B. do not code either one.C. code only the comprehensive code.D. code both the comprehensive code and the component code.

Answer 1

The answer is "Option C"

Explanation:

The content management system promotes the accurate coding technique, which is used to monitor incorrect encoding, in which the comprehensive code is used, that compiles the code to defining or covering two or more CPT part code, packaged as one package, that's why "option c" is correct and other were wrong which can be defined as follows:

• In option A, It is wrong because code can't be a component code.
• Option B and Option D is wrong because it uses a comprehensive code only.