tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 8

Modifier News: Simplify Your Life When You Code Multiple Encounters on the Same Day: Here's How

Knowing which codes qualify for -27 is your first step toward success. When your physicians provide multiple evaluation and management (E/M) services for a patient in multiple outpatient settings on the same day, don’t assume you can only code for one encounter. Modifier 27 (Multiple outpatient hospital E/M encounters on the same date) can come to your rescue, if you know how to use it. Guideline: The CMS handbook states that multiple services with distinct E/M encounters performed in multiple outpatient hospital settings on the same date can be reported by adding modifier 27 to each outpatient and/or...

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