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My anesthesiologist attends abortions where the surgeon codes 59841 and she codes 01966. we have a case where the surgeon's procedure changed from being and abortion to a pelvic exam because he found a mass and didn't complete the abortion. Do I just code the abortion with a 53 modifier to show it wasn't complete?

 

[Michele Hannon]

Best practice dictates coding from the op report.