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CCI edits, mutually exclusive, column 1/column 2, modifier indicator

Published on Wed Jan 02, 2013

Question: When our lab performs rapid testing for influenza A and B, should we use modifier 91 to distinguish the second unit of the lab test code? Georgia Subscriber Answer: According to the AMA, the correct modifier choice for reporting two rapid influenza test results (87804, Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical observation; influenza) is modifier 59 [...]
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