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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery (December 2008)
December 2008 page 8
Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery, 59025 (Q&A)
Question: When code 59025, Fetal non-stress test, is
performed for multiple non-stress tests on the same day in an
outpatient hospital setting, how should this be reported by the
hospital? For example, multiple non-stress tests are performed
on one fetus or multiple non-stress tests are performed on twins.
Genevieve K. Knoll, Des Moines, IA
Answer: On the basis of payer requirements for facility
reporting purposes (eg, Medicare outpatient prospective
payment system [OPPS]), modifier 22, Increased procedural
services, may not be recognized, and modifier 51, Multiple
procedures, is...
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