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Modifiers:

Voluntary Modifiers: Are They Really Optional?

Published on Tue Jan 23, 2018

For best results, think of "voluntary" as "mandatory." Think you got off easy with the relatively minor updates to ICD-10-CM and CPT® codes for 2018? It's a "really slow year for HCPCS II codes," says Cindy Parman, CPC, CPC-H, RCC, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM Trainer, who presented a coding update at the recent ACCC seminar in Richmond, Virginia. But not so [...]
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