CPT Knowledgebase - Jan 29, 2014

The physician completes a screening colonoscopy reaching the cecum or terminal ileum, but due to poor prep the physician decides to repeat the colonoscopy the next day. Is it appropriate to append modifier 53, Discontinued procedure, to the CPT code for the original colonoscopy?

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