DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 7 (July)

ICD-10 tip of the week: Keep using CPT/HCPCS laterality modifiers

Since ICD-10 codes will allow you to convey whether a patient’s condition occurs on the right and/or left side, some coders have asked whether you must still append laterality modifiers to CPT and HCPCS codes.

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