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Document Qualifying Circumstances Even Without Reimbursement

Published on Wed Dec 16, 2020

Question: I am new to anesthesia billing and have learned that Medicare and Medicaid do not give any additional reimbursement for the physical status modifiers or for the qualifying circumstances add-on codes. Should we still be putting them on our claims to these payers? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: Yes, you should still include any details about the patient’s physical status and [...]
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