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Test Your Modifier Smarts with These 5 Coding Conundrums

Published on Thu Sep 20, 2018

Hint: Documentation is key to utilize modifier 22. The appropriate use of modifiers can make or break your Medicare claim, so if your modifier knowledge hasn’t been updated in a few years, you may be cutting your own pay. Check out this handy Q-and-A for advice on the five most commonly used modifiers. Question 1: Seven years ago, a patient [...]
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