AMA CPT® Assistant - 2002 Issue 5 (May)

Special Services, Procedures, and Reports (May 2002)

May 2002 page 19-end Coding Consultation Special Services, Procedures, and Reports, 99000-99091 (Q&A) Question When I report a code from the special services, procedures and reports (99000-99091), in addition to an evaluation and management (E/M) code, should I append modifier -25 to the E/M code? AMA Comment The codes listed in the special services, procedures and reports section (99000-99091) identify various services and reports that are adjunctive to the basic services rendered. These codes describe circumstances under which practitioner services are performed. Modifier -25 indicates that a separately identifiable E/M service was performed on the same day as...

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