AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery (December 2008)
December 2008 page 8 Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery, 59025 (Q&A) Question: When code 59025, Fetal non-stress test, is performed for multiple non-stress tests on the same day in an outpatient hospital setting, how should this be reported by the hospital? For example, multiple non-stress tests are performed on one fetus or multiple non-stress tests are performed on twins. Genevieve K. Knoll, Des Moines, IA Answer: On the basis of payer requirements for facility reporting purposes (eg, Medicare outpatient prospective payment system [OPPS]), modifier 22, Increased procedural services, may not be recognized, and modifier 51, Multiple procedures, is...
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