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Practices keep X modifiers over 6M threshold, beating 59’s denial rates
While use of modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service) dropped during the first COVID year of 2020, practices reported the four X modifiers that can be used in place of 59 at a similar clip as in 2019, and denials stayed comparatively lower.
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