Readers Questions:
Remember 25/57 Difference When Coding E/M With Surgery
Published on Mon Jan 18, 2021
Question: Notes indicate that after a level-four outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) service for an established patient, the provider implanted a percutaneous epidural neurostimulator electrode array. Should I append modifier 25 to the E/M code to separate it from the surgery? Iowa Subscriber Answer: In this case, yes. You’ll report 63650 (Percutaneous implantation of neurostimulator electrode array, epidural) for the [...]