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Mind your modifiers: Medicare wants you to flesh out its X modifier policy, but stick to 59 for now
Many practices are wondering whether they should begin using the new X modifiers in place of modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service), but you may want to hold off a little longer, at least for your Medicare patients.
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