AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 9 (September)

Hospital Outpatient Reporting Part IV: Use of the CPT Modifiers '52,' '58,' '59,' '73,' '74,' '76,' '77,' '78,' and '91' (September 2003)

September 2003 pages 3-10 Coding Update:Hospital Outpatient Reporting Part IV: Use of the CPT Modifiers '52,' '58,' '59,' '73,' '74,' '76,' '77,' '78,' and '91' In this segment of a multi-part series related to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) we continue discussion of the CPT "reduced services modifiers" ('52'), "multiple procedure modifiers" ('58', '59,' '91'), the "discontinued procedure modifiers" ('73,' '74'), and the "repeat modifiers" ('76,' '77,' '78,' '79'), in accordance with CMS outpatient hospital reporting policy. (Refer...

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