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Wiki 50 Modifier vs Separate Lines

How do yall find out/know if a CPT codes uses the 50 bilateral modifier or requires separate lines for each side? I keep getting it wrong and I dont see anywhere in the CPT book that specifies.
- youngva462@gmail.com
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- May 13, 2025
- laterality modifier 50
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki The laterality not documented by the provider

Hi, This is a time-sensitive question since I am being pressured by upper management to use the laterality specific dx. The provider has mentioned in his notes "Pain in shoulder, unspecified laterality". Patient is having a left shoulder x-ray performed. I am being told that the dx to be used...
- Loveena
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- Oct 25, 2023
- laterality unspecified dx
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Modifiers
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Wiki Why was I marked wrong? (Practicode Case ID: OPD7183)

The documentation: Why isn't the RT modifier listed for the right salpingectomy?
- Elund
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- Oct 4, 2023
- hcpcs modifiers laterality modifiers practicode
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion

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