Mind your modifiers: Modifier 33 — Add it to screening colonoscopies and watch for denials
Don’t feel discouraged if you had trouble getting paid for anesthesia performed with a screening colonoscopy even though you appended modifier 33 (Preventive service). At the beginning of the year some practices reported carriers weren’t paying for the service.
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