encomma-watson
Networker
Good day, everyone:
My offices do pap smears, but the reading of the pap smears goes to either the laboratory (i.e., Quest or LabCorp) or the hospital laboratory. Because we collect the specimens, can we add a 26 modifier to the pap smears? My other question is with EKGs, CPT code 93000, can we also use 26 modifiers since we perform the EKG, and another physician in the hospital read the EKG? I would like to use the modifier so that we can a little reimbursement back. Would like your opinion on this?
My offices do pap smears, but the reading of the pap smears goes to either the laboratory (i.e., Quest or LabCorp) or the hospital laboratory. Because we collect the specimens, can we add a 26 modifier to the pap smears? My other question is with EKGs, CPT code 93000, can we also use 26 modifiers since we perform the EKG, and another physician in the hospital read the EKG? I would like to use the modifier so that we can a little reimbursement back. Would like your opinion on this?