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CMS Offers Update to Spell Out When Modifier 59 Applies to NCCI Edits

Published on Mon Feb 04, 2019

If you’ve ever been confused about when to separate bundles, here are the facts. You’ve certainly heard that modifier 59 is supposed to only be used as the “modifier of last resort,” but how do you know when your ED is reporting it correctly? CMS has tried to make that determination a little simpler with a transmittal update. ED Coding [...]
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