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If you bill a preventative medicine code (99395) and you did an immunization Tdap and administration, do you bill a modifier 25 on the 99395. I thought that modifier 25 was only for use on 99201-99357. Thanks
Although one would not expect to need a modifier -25 on a preventive code, it seems that more payers are requiring it or the ancillary services won't get paid - like the immunizations. As coders, we are taught not to slap a modifier on everything, but payers won't pay if we don't. Quite a conundrum.
If you bill a preventative medicine code (99395) and you did an immunization Tdap and administration, do you bill a modifier 25 on the 99395. I thought that modifier 25 was only for use on 99201-99357. Thanks
I would not use it, unless the claim comes back requesting a modifier, we were using mod.25 for a while on well checks with vaccines and were told we are over using mod.25 by our compliance dept.
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