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Modifiers:

Use These 7 Tips to Guide Your E/M Modifier Use

Published on Wed May 20, 2020

Hint: These also apply to eye codes, Medicare reps say. Although every eye care physician reports ophthalmological services and E/M codes regularly, sometimes the coding doesn’t stop at CPT® and HCPCS Level II codes. In many cases, you must append modifiers to these codes, which can prompt confusion since the utility of several modifiers appear to be somewhat similar. Part [...]
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