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Modifiers–The Rest of the Story
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Modifiers–The Rest of the Story
6 AAPC 1-800-626-CODE (2633) Modifier 55 Post-Operative management only —This modifier should be used when a patient has had a major surgery performed, but the physician who performed the surgery is not provid- ing the post-operative management. Modifier 56 Pre-operative management only —For example, an ortho- pedic surgeon is called into the Emergency Department on the weekend and does an emergent surgery to repair a comminuted fracture of the distal radius. The orthopedic surgeon does the pre-operative management and also per- forms the surgery, but is leaving on vacation the following day and the follow-up care will be assigned to a different orthopedic surgeon. The initial physician would report the procedure with a modifier 56 to capture the pre-operative management and the same procedure code with a modifier 54 to capture the surgical component only. The physician whom the care is transferred to would then report the same procedure code, date of the original surgery and attach a modifier 56 to identify that the post- operative management is being provided separately and should be reimbursed separately. Discontinued or Reduced Modifier 53 Discontinued procedure —Modifier 53 is appended to the CPT® code for a procedure that is started but can’t be com- pleted due to the patient’s condition. The service still needs to be reported - work was done - but the procedure wasn’t completed and the patient may very well have to have the same procedure at a later date. In this instance, modifier 53 should be reported to identify that it was discontinued and that it was discontinued due to the condition of the patient. Documentation in the medical record should clearly identify why the service had to be discontinued. It should also include a description of the portions of the service that were completed before it was discontinued. If a colonoscopy was planned and started; and, due to a tortu- ous colon, the physician could not pass the scope because of the splenic flexure, the colonoscopy (45378) would be reported with a modifier 53 to show the service was dis- continued. When modifier 53 is utilized, most payers will require that documentation be submitted to help them determine the extent of the procedure that was performed. Modifier 52 Download 0.66 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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