tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 35

The Rumor Mill: Dispel These 3 Rumors to Ensure Your Claims Run Smoothly

Modifier 59 no longer applicable? Don’t believe everything you read. You might be familiar with the Medicare rumor mill—that ever-growing nuggets of information that you heard at a seminar or from a colleague which you take as coding gospel, but may not actually be accurate. Here, we unravel a few of the most common rumors that our readers have shared with us, along with realities that may just change the way you code for these services. Know the Modifier 59 Facts Rumor: A practice wrote the Insider about modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service), which is one of...

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