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Obstetrics:

Shatter 5 Myths to Slash Potential Delivery Coding Errors

Published on Tue Jan 12, 2021

Here’s why you need to keep modifier 59 handy. Are you relying on global codes when your ob-gyn or hospital nursing staff performs a delivery? If so, you’re setting yourself up to make a costly mistake. Sometimes extenuating circumstances require you to choose from itemized delivery codes and use modifiers like 51, 59, and 22. Face these five delivery myths [...]
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