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Make Sure Modifiers Follow MUE, MAI Mandates

Published on Thu Nov 19, 2020

Question: We recently submitted a claim of 99214-25, 64400 x2, and 64505 x2, which was denied by Medicare using reason code 151. What did we do wrong, and what modifiers should we use to resubmit this claim? Codify Subscriber Answer: The reason for the denial on this claim can be fixed by modifying the services. Here’s why and how. First, providing [...]
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