Modifiers:
3 Tips Will Polish Up Your Modifier 78 Claims
Published on Thu Jun 25, 2020
If the MD performs an unplanned procedure during global period, avoid doing this. Your surgical oncologist most likely intends to perform the fewest invasive procedures possible, but sometimes life intervenes. If the patient needs another procedure during the postoperative period of a surgery, you’ll need to use a specific modifier—and that’s modifier 78. Tip 1: Meet 3 Requirements for 78 [...]