Medical coding and Billing

Question

Question 20.

Which Definition is True for CCI edits?

1) column one can only be billed if a 59 modifier is added to primary code

2) column two can be billed with column one if it has a 1 in the last column and a 59 modifier

3) modifier 59 should be used on all CCI codes

4) modifier 0 in the last column indicates column one and column two can be unbundled

Answer 1

2) column two can be billed with column one if it has a 1 in the last column and a 59 modifier