00032036
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Does anyone know if you need a modifier on a visit (25) when labs or x-rays are done? It's my understanding that these procedures are diagnostic and it wasn't necessary to add that modifier to the visit. Any help out there? Thanks.
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LTibbetts
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If it is only labs and x-rays, then no -25 modifier is necessary. CT scans and EKG's are a different story. If they have a status of "S", then the -25 is necessary.
If a CPT procedure has been coded along with an E/M (Evaluation and Management) code:
IF the status indicator is S or T and IF this is a significant, separately identifiable E/M service by the same physician on the same day, then modifier -25 should be added to the E/M code.
If a CPT procedure has been coded along with an E/M (Evaluation and Management) code:
IF the status indicator is S or T and IF this is a significant, separately identifiable E/M service by the same physician on the same day, then modifier -25 should be added to the E/M code.