1 Symptoms of a kidney stone include flank pain (the pain can be quite severe) and blood in the urine (hematuria). 2  People with certain medical conditions, such as gout, and those who take certain medications or supplements are at risk for kidney stones.
The interim rates, which remain in effect until December 31, 2003, resulted from the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edit by CMS that significantly reduced the amount of reimbursement previously paid by Medicare for services involving automated imaging.
NPCI is now certified for three standards â PCI-DSS (sensitive data security in payment systems), ISO27001 (information security) and ISO 22301 (business continuity) apart from ISO 9001(Quality Management). NPCI has successfully completed the major project of developing a domestic card payment network called-RuPay.