The American College of Radiology (ACR) is encouraging practices to review the new quarterly Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits and make updates as needed.
CMS has released Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP), Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE), and Add-on Code (AOC) NCCI edits that will take effect July 1, the ACR said.
For more information, visit the CMS Transmittal 13127, the CMS NCCI webpage, or the ACR Bulletin.
The ACR also reported that CMS has extended the deadline for submitting 2024 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data from March 31 to April 14.
In addition, to provide relief to practices due to the national IV fluid shortage, the CMS’s Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) application for clinicians participating in the 2024 MIPS will be reopened.
The EUC application, which allows clinicians to request full or partial exemption from 2024 MIPS reporting, will reopen on March 31 and close April 14.
![Axial images from unenhanced calcium score cardiac CT (left) and curved planar reformation images from CT angiography (right) show that higher long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with greater coronary artery calcium and more obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Top row: Images in a 68-year-old male patient with higher 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (7.9 μg/m3 for particulate matter measuring ≤2.5 μm in diameter [PM2.5] and 17.4 parts per billion [ppb] for NO2) with extensive CAD (coronary artery calcium score [CACS] >1,000 and obstructive CAD [≥70% diameter stenosis]). Bottom row: Images in a 57-year-old female patient with lower 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (6.3 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 4.6 ppb for NO2) with no CAD (CACS = 0 and no obstructive stenosis).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/06/hanneman.r6SMLzkezo.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
