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Modifier Selection for Residents, SRNAs

Published on Wed Mar 15, 2017

Question: I’m coding for an anesthesiologist with two concurrent cases – one with a resident and the other with an SRNA. I’m having trouble finding an example of this situation. What would be the correct modifier for the anesthesiologist? Illinois Subscriber Answer: The service qualifies as medical direction since the anesthesiologist had only two concurrent cases involving other qualified providers. For both [...]
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