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Chart These Surgical Examples for Modifier 58 Victory

Published on Thu Jul 18, 2019

Pre-planning exemplifies staged procedures. You might lose the procedure pay you deserve if you fail to use modifier 58 (Staged or related procedure or service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional during the postoperative period) when you should. Here’s why: Payers will bundle procedures performed during the post-op period of a prior procedure unless you provide [...]
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