Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

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Answer These Questions, Master Repeat/Related Procedure Modifier Use

And refresh your memory of these modifier functions. Sometimes in the process of treating a patient, oncologists have to repeat procedures or tests, or perform necessary related procedures, for legitimate reasons. Perhaps the first test results were baseline, and the provider must perform the test again to assess progression. Maybe the protocol for treating a patient calls for performing the [...]
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