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Correction: Avoid 'X' Modifiers for E/M Codes

Published on Wed Mar 30, 2016

Question: In the Vol. 19, no. 4 issue of Pediatric Coding Alert, a reader asked whether they can charge two copays on the same date. The article advised that practices can append the second visit with the XP modifier (Second service on same day by a different provider) appended. My understanding of the “X” series modifiers is that they replace/define modifier [...]
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