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Here is clarification on the appropriate use of modifiers to report assistant at surgery services and how payment is determined...

The Medicare physician fee schedule status indicators for bilateral services should be used to determine if the procedure is...

Surgeons append modifier 66 to claims indicating they were on a team of surgeons performing a specific procedure on the same...

Telehealth modifiers should be submitted with distant site telehealth services. Patient must be present and participating in...

View this article for instructions on how and when to use modifier 91.

Procedures performed during separate patient encounters, at separate anatomic sites, or on separate specimens, may require a...

Modifier 50 applies to bilateral procedures performed on both sides in the same operative session, except as indicated. Avoid...

The principal physician of record appends modifier “-AI” to their initial hospital care or nursing facility visit code. All...

Surgeons append modifier 62 to claims indicating they were co-surgeons on the same patient during the same operative session...

Hospitals may append modifier 27 to the second and subsequent outpatient hospital E/M code to indicate the E/M service is a...