AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2008 Issue 2

Modifiers 52, 73, and 74

Since the publication of articles “Use of Modifiers 52, 73, and 74 and Anesthesia Reporting Under OPPS” (First Quarter 2007) and “Discontinued Procedures vs. Unsuccessful Procedures” (Third Quarter 2007), in AHA’s Coding Clinic for HCPCS, the Central Office has received numerous requests for assistance with the reporting of modifiers 52, Reduced Services, 73, Discontinued Out-Patient Hospital/ Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Procedure Prior to the Administration of Anesthesia, and 74, Discontinued Out-Patient Hospital/ Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Procedure After Administration of Anesthesia. As previously published, under certain circumstances, procedures and services provided in the hospital outpatient department...

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