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Choosing a Modifier for Non-Surgical Service in Global Period

Published on Fri Jan 04, 2013

Question: A patient came to our office for a minor skin surgery procedure. He was back for his physical within 10 days. I billed the physical (99396) but the payer denied it as part of the global package.  I appealed it with a -79 modifier but got another denial stating the procedure code is inconsistent with the modifier used. Can we only [...]
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