Medicare EP Study

When billing a 93620 and 93651. Medicare is paying 93651 at a reduced rate, stating it is a compentent of 93620.

What do you think?

kbokuniewicz

re: Medicare EP Study

93651 93620 19960101 19960101 9
This is not what the CCI states. Actually, the edits for 93651 show an indicator of "9" for code 93620.
a “9” modifier indicator denotes that the code pair’s deletion date is the same as its effective date meaning that the particular edit was deleted before ever becoming effective.