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Turn to Modifier 63 to Watch 'Small' Surgeries Become Bigger Payments

Published on Wed May 14, 2014

Tip: Document just as well as you would for modifier 22.  Surgical procedures on small infants can be especially challenging, so CPT® offers modifier 63 (Procedure performed on infants less than 4 kg) to help your surgeon gain additional reimbursement for this effort. But you can only use modifier 63 under very specific circumstances, which means you need to be [...]
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