Wiki MODIFIER 53

[cherylbr]

Can someone tell me when you use the modifier 53 because a procedure is terminated, does that void the global period?

Thanks,
Cheryl

 

[mk2001]

Can someone tell me when you use the modifier 53 because a procedure is terminated, does that void the global period?

Thanks,
Cheryl

Since we are still billing the charge, I have still marked the patient as having a global period when we have added a 53 modifer.

 

[cherylbr]

Since we are still billing the charge, I have still marked the patient as having a global period when we have added a 53 modifer.
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Thank you Margaret!

 

[twizzle]

Surgeries billed with modifier 53 will still have the appropriate global period.