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Understand When to Correctly Append Modifier 24

Published on Thu Jan 10, 2019

Question: The surgeon completed a L5 laminectomy on a patient. Two months later, the patient presented to the emergency department (ED) with headache, neck stiffness, and fever. The surgeon that performed the laminectomy was brought in, and he completed a lumbar puncture while the patient was still in the ED. Should we append modifier 24 or 25 to the ED [...]
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