Industry Notes:
Use KX Modifier For NOAs Carefully, Or Risk MAC's Ire
Published on Fri Apr 22, 2022
Notice of Admission claims using modifier KX when they shouldn’t are in one MAC’s crosshairs. The problem: Claims glitches early this year led to delays in new Home Health NOAs processing. HHAs could then use a KX modifier to request an exception to the five-day filing deadline. However, “we recently identified a high volume of claims submitted with modifier KX [...]