HCPro, JustCoding Outpatient - 2016 Issue 24 (June)

Q&A: Using modifier -91 with laboratory test edits

June 21st, 2016

Q: A patient has multiple labs on the same date of service. We receive the following NCCI edit: “Code 80048 is a column two code of 80053. These codes cannot be billed together in any circumstances.” Should we only bill code 80053?

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