Wiki Procedure, Incision and Drainage, dc'd in office at request of patient

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The patient changed her mind about this procedure. I can find an appropriate modifier if we were an ASC, 74, to use after anesthesia, but what can I do about in the office?I am aware of diagnosis code V64.2, procedure not carried out because of patient's decision. I guess we could us .52 and adjust price. Shoudl it be billed at all?
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Did the doctor do any type of history, exam or MDM? If so you could charge an E/M based on the level of documentation. You can't bill the procedure since it wasn't done.
 
What and how you bill this depends on when the patient elected to cancel the procedure. more than likely you will end up billing an E/M, but I could see certain circumstances where billing the procedure CPT with a 52 would be warranted.
 
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