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Distinguish Between Assistant Surgery Modifiers With This Handy Guide

Published on Wed Mar 31, 2021

Hint: Only append modifier AS in certain circumstances. Along with ICD-10-CM and CPT® codes, modifiers are an integral part of your medical claims. If you append the incorrect modifier or forget to append a modifier, your claim will be denied. So, you must know in which situations you should append modifiers and which modifiers you should use. For example, if [...]
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