Modifier 58 or 78?? Experts where are you???
Would someone please assist me with understanding how an in office surgical treatment of a complication within a post op period should be billed? The AMA states that complications, which occur within...
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Will someone please help me out with this? I know that there is someone out there who has a clearer understanding ...Read More
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Expert in my own mind, but here goes....Use 58 when the second procedure is related to the underlying condition. For example, for applying a new cast in the post-op period of a fracture or a trans-met...
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In reply to question #1:When the 2nd procedure is due to a surgical complication (such as infection, hematoma, etc.), and it's still within the Global - use the -24 modifier to take it out of the...
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Thank-you for your responses NaGahl and 1voice2003. My question however still remains: Is the use of the modifier -78 appropriate for a surgical complication addressed in the surgery room of an office...
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In my CPT book it states: "When this subsequent procedure is related to the first, and requires the use of the operating room, it may be reported by adding the modifier '78' to the related...
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OK Leslie J,First thank-you very much for responding to my questions.This is where the part b to my question stems from:If modifier -78 is not appropriate because of the OR being included in the...
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Just in case anyone else was monitoring this thread I believe that I've found the answer to my question ----- Medicare does recognize the fact that a physician's office may have an OR (evident in the...
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