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Use This Sample Appeal Letter in Your Fight Against Modifier 25 Denials

Published on Sun Mar 14, 2010

Attach your procedure notes and the OIG's report to pack extra punch. Even if you follow all of CMS's rules in reporting modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician on the same day of the procedure or other service), your Medicare payer may sometimes still choose to deny your claim. If you feel you deserve the pay for the E/M service you performed, you should appeal the denial. Alice Kater, CPC, PCS, coder with Urology Associates of South Bend in Indiana, offers the following sample appeal letter (below) as an example of how she has challenged her payer to collect rightful reimbursement. What you should know: To improve her odds of success, Kater submits her physician's documentation with the appeal letter, as well as a copy of a 2005 letter from Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, former HHS administrator, to Inspector General Daniel R. [...]
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