tracylc10
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I have a question about the way one of my providers coded a surgery.
58570
57288-59
57240-59-51
56810-59-51
For starters, 57240 and 56810 are bundled, so I don't believe they should be coded separately. Now the 58570 is a Laparoscopic procedure and the rest are vaginal approach. My question is about the use of Modifier 59, is it correct to use 59 because of the different approaches? I was just a little confused by this, because my understanding of 59 was that it was used for procedures that are normally not done at the same time.
Just looking for some insight regarding this. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
58570
57288-59
57240-59-51
56810-59-51
For starters, 57240 and 56810 are bundled, so I don't believe they should be coded separately. Now the 58570 is a Laparoscopic procedure and the rest are vaginal approach. My question is about the use of Modifier 59, is it correct to use 59 because of the different approaches? I was just a little confused by this, because my understanding of 59 was that it was used for procedures that are normally not done at the same time.
Just looking for some insight regarding this. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.