AMA CPT® Assistant - 1992 Issue 4 (April)

Modifiers -21, -24, -25 (Winter 1992)

Winter 1992 pages 20-21 Coding Clarification Modifiers -21, -24, -25 In the Fall 1992 issue of the CPT Assistant, we discussed the modifiers generally used with surgical procedures. Modifiers -21, -24, and -25 were not discussed in that issue because of the unique nature of their use to modify procedures associated with a surgical package or surgical procedure. It is important to note that "surgery" is not defined in CPT. Although there is a section of CPT entitled "Surgery," this designation was made to group like procedures together. Some procedures in this section, for example, are "diagnostic" and...

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