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.
Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Acronyms, Wikipedia. Related to CSCI: CSIS, Computer Software Configuration Item, CICS. Computer Software Configuration Item. (Computer Software Configuration Item) A group of software treated as a single entity by a configuration management (CM) system. See configuration management.