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Use These Modifiers to Code Second Surgeries Successfully

Published on Mon Jul 05, 2021

Use 58 for a planned or staged procedure. Last month, we ran down the modifiers you should be considering when a patient returns for another surgery during the global period of the previous surgery. We addressed the situations in which you’ll use each of the modifiers designed to separate the second surgery from the first. This is when you’ll need [...]
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