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Append Modifier 24 to This Inpatient Claim?

Published on Wed Apr 13, 2016

Question: Suppose the cardiologist sees a patient in the hospital and performs a pacemaker procedure with a 90-day global. If he sees the patient to treat another problem unrelated to the procedure while the patient is still in the hospital from the procedure, can he report the inpatient visit with modifier 24? Codify Subscriber Answer: Report the inpatient visit with the appropriate [...]
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