Asuris Northwest Health claim adjudication systems utilize customized editing rules and Medicare's National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) as the basis for clinical edits. Asuris claim adjudication systems are updated on a quarterly basis to recognize the most recent CPT and HCPCS codes, modifier 51 exempt codes, and add-on code changes. Please review your CPT and HCPCS coding publications for codes that have been added, deleted, or changed, and use only valid codes. Please append modifiers to HCPCS and CPT codes when correct coding indicates a modifier is appropriate.
| Asuris Customized and Significant Clinical Edit List |
Updated May 1, 2008 |
Updates to the Customized and Significant Clinical Edit List will be posted on a monthly basis. The following editing rules apply to claims for our commercial products and BlueCard®:
CPT code definitions and rules are followed for:
- Gender,
- Age,
- New Patient and
- organ or disease-oriented Laboratory Panels.
Asuris also follows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines for:
- Same Day and
- Follow Up Day edits.
The following edits are based on Asuris Medical and Reimbursement Policy:
Note: Asuris will not routinely require submission of clinical information in connection with adjudication of claims except for unlisted codes, codes without allowables, claims to which a modifier 22 is appended, or other limited categories of claims included on the Customized and Significant Clinical Edit List under the heading of Complete List. |
| Correct Code Editor |
Asuris utilizes Medicare’s National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) as the basis for clinical edits. NCCI identifies pairs of services that normally should not be billed by the same physician for the same patient on the same day. Asuris has identified additional code pair edits to be used as a supplement to Medicare's NCCI. These code pair edits were developed using nationally accepted, logical and predictable coding principles.
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| NCCI bypass modifiers |
NCCI bypass modifiers, as defined by CMS, will be processed in accordance with the current CMS superscript rules on the new claims system. Over the next year, our current claims system will be modified to align with the new system and these rules. |
| Add-on codes |
| Some services are reported as add-on codes, which describe work done in addition to primary procedures. Add-on codes are not stand-alone codes, and must always be reported with primary procedures. Asuris will deny reimbursement for an add-on code as a Asuris Correct Coding Edit when its primary code is denied as part of an NCCI or Correct Coding Edit code pair. When correct coding indicates the use of a modifier is appropriate for the primary code, that modifier must be appended to both the primary code and add-on code. |
| Codes without allowables |
Asuris may require the submission of clinical information in order to price CPT and HCPCS codes for which an allowed amount has not been established. For questions, please contact your Provider Consultant. |
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