Modifier Coding Alert
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Use These Modifiers On Potentially Uncovered Medicare Services
Published on Tue Jul 21, 2015 
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Keep your ABN-related modifiers straight with this table.
When the physician performs a service that Medicare might not cover, you should ask these questions:
1. Do we have a signed advance beneficiary notice (ABN) on file, if necessary?
2. Did I append the proper modifier based on the encounter notes?
Use this: Check out this table aimed at making it easier to file clean claims for potentially uncovered Medicare services.
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