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Modifier Usage:

Use Higher-level P Modifiers to Support Your Provider's Work in Special Cases

Published on Thu Sep 14, 2017

One of the first things anesthesia coders learn is the importance of including physical status modifiers (or P modifiers) on claims to document the patient's health status when entering surgery. Although P modifiers are considered informational and won't always affect reimbursement, using them helps document the procedure's complexity based on the patient's health. The breakdown: The modifiers reflect the six [...]
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