AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 9 (September)
Surgery: Nervous System (September 2005)
September 2005 page 9 Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Surgery/Nervous System, 64999 (Q&A) Question Is it appropriate to append modifiers to unlisted procedure codes (eg, 64999, Unlisted procedure, nervous system)? AMA Comment Modifiers are used to indicate that a performed service or procedure identified by a specific CPT code has been altered by some circumstance but not changed in its definition. It is not appropriate to append modifiers to unlisted procedure codes because the unlisted procedure codes in the CPT codebook do not describe specific procedures. Instead, when reporting an unlisted code to describe a procedure or service, supporting...
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