You Be the Coder:
Check Date of Service before Appending GG Modifier
Published on Mon Nov 28, 2016
Question: Our radiologist detected abnormalities in a screening mammogram and then did a bilateral diagnostic mammogram on the same day for an elderly patient. How can we report these two mammography services? Idaho Subscriber Answer: Clearly, your physician did two procedures, one screening and another diagnostic, on the same patient on the same date of service. You will report two mammography codes [...]