DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 11 (November)

Mind your modifiers: Append 57 only to decision for major surgery E/M

Now that the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has signaled in its 2012 Work Plan that it will study physician use of modifiers to bill for E/Ms during the global period, your practice may want to revisit this issue. To start with, take a close look at your use of the 57 modifier (decision for surgery) to bill for visits the day before major surgery. 

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