July 2007 will bring more NCCI edits that you need to know in order to avoid denials and get maximum reimbursements on your medical billing claims. This group of edits will mainly affect emergency room practitioners and physicians and nurses that treat patients in nursing homes. The codes that were changed in the upcoming release were codes 99281-99285 (Emergency department services) are considered component codes of the more global 99304-99306 codes (Initial nursing facility care). This means if a single physician provides a level-two ED service along with a level-two initial nursing home service, you should only report 99305 (Initial nursing facility care, per day, for the evaluation and management …