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Can You Pick the Right Modifier for This Scenario?

Published on Fri Mar 11, 2022

Question: Our otolaryngologist performed a myringotomy and we billed it with 69420- LT. Unfortunately, the patient returned six days later complaining that her ear was still in pain, and the ENT gave her a middle ear steroid injection in our office, which we reported with 69801-78. Medicaid denied the injection, with the reason that the patient was still in the global [...]
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