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Start 2023 Off Right by Busting These Delivery Coding Myths

Published on Tue Jan 10, 2023

Did a nurse delivery the baby? Here’s the modifier you should use. Have you received a delivery claim and now you’re automatically looking at the global ob codes? Not so fast. Sometimes extenuating circumstances require you to choose from itemized delivery codes and use modifiers like 51, 59, and 22. Face these five delivery myths and uncover the coding reality. [...]
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