Effective March 30, 2020, the following Independence policies will be archived:
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Commercial: #03.02.12c: Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) Reported with Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI)
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Medicare Advantage: #MA03.015: Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) Reported with Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI)
Reason for policy archival
Independence follows Medicare Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Code Pair Edits, and the following CPT® procedure codes will be applied to the reporting of ECG/EKG codes in conjunction with SPECT for MPI:
Service type |
Procedure codes |
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ECG/EKG | |
SPECT for MPI | |
Learn more
Advance notification of archival was posted on the
Medical Policy Portal on December 27, 2019. To view these Notifications, visit the
Medical Policy Portal.
For more information about NCCI coding, please review the following policies on our
Medical Policy Portal:
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Commercial: #00.01.56a: National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Code Pair Edits
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Medicare Advantage: #MA00.041: National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Code Pair Edits
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