MedAbbrev, now by innoviHealth, has been the industry standard for medical abbreviations and acronyms since 1983. Quick and easy access for hospitals, providers, coders, transcriptionists, students and researchers to over 75,000 entries. With clear and accurate standardization that is always current, medical professionals can reduce the chance of error stemming from misunderstood abbreviations.
Modifier 78: Little used, and much denied — for some codes in particular
Modifier 78 (Unplanned return to the operating/procedure room by the same physician) is a tough one to get accepted by Medicare contractors. In fact, an analysis of the most recent Medicare data available shows the aggregate denial rate for codes with 78 was 83%. But some codes do much better with it than others.
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