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Unsuccessful Pessary Fittings? Do This

Published on Thu Oct 09, 2025

Question: We’re having a discussion in my office about billing for unsuccessful pessary fittings, and opinions differ. If the fitting is performed, trialing one or more pessary sizes/types, but the final insertion is not done, should a modifier be appended to 57160? We are considering modifier 53 (Discontinued procedure) because patient decided to stop the trial and/or the procedure wasn’t [...]
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