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Focus on E/M for Presurgical Fracture Care

Published on Tue Mar 24, 2020

Global period key to modifier choice. Can you code for an E/M service if your orthopedic surgeon performs fracture care for a patient? The short answer is, yes. But you will have to show that the service preceding that care is significant and separately identifiable. To do that, you will have to make sure you append the correct modifier to [...]
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