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Take Necessary Steps Before Appending X{EPSU} Modifiers

Published on Wed Nov 13, 2019

Question: I was told I should use one of the X{EPSU} modifiers when pairing codes 76856, 76830, and 93976 together. Which modifier should I use? Washington Subscriber Answer: Before deciding upon what modifier to use, you need to know what code to append it to. This means you’ve got to check the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) edits [...]
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