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we have a pt who had 22 lipomas excised-all path came back as lipomas

I have codes but on the modifiers would they be -50 or multiple units since 9 were performed on arms or are they all individual with -59 and -rt/lt?

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Multiple lipomas

Units would be great IF the insurance will accept units. Some insurance companies only want modifiers which is essentially impossible in this situation because a bunch will get denied as dups. I have used 50, LT, RT, 51, 59 in the past but you have too many to even do that. I would check with insurance first and see if they will accept units. If not you have no choice but to send the claim as paper with a letter and op report as well as path.

Diana Franklin, CMRS, CPC
 
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