AMA CPT® Assistant - 1997 Issue 10 (October)

Medicine, 93555, 93556 (Q&A) (October 1997)

October 1997 page 11 Coding Consultation Medicine, 93555, 93556 (Q&A) Question Would it be appropriate to use the -26 modifier with codes 93555 and 93556? AMA Comment When physicians perform cardiac catherizations in settings where they do not own the equipment, then it is appropriate to append the -26 modifier to these codes. Medicine, 93555, 93556 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 1997; October 1997 page 11 ...

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