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Use This Handy Tool to Differentiate Between Modifiers 25 and 57

Published on Mon Feb 21, 2022

Your modifier 25 claims should meet all of the following criteria: The E/M occurs on the same day as the surgical procedure The procedure following the E/M is minor (has a zero or 10-day global period) The E/M service is both significant and separately identifiable from any inherent preoperative E/M component that the procedure requires The same physician (or one [...]
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