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Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert

Modifiers Mashup:

Maximize Reimbursement for Modifiers 58 and 78 With These 3 Pointers

Published on Fri Aug 07, 2015

Rely on the medical record to sift between staging and unexpected complication. Do you know what to do if your podiatrist's patient has to return for another procedure in the global period of the initial procedure? The choice of a correct global-period modifier can be the difference between a well-deserved payment or a claim rejection, or even worse, an audit [...]
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