Modifiers:
Unbundle Your Modifier 59 Understanding With These 2 Scenarios
Published on Thu Dec 23, 2021
Hint: Look to other modifiers and NCCI edit pair modifier indicators for correct application. You know how helpful the “unbundling modifier” — modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service) — can be when you need to unbundle procedures. “When the time is appropriate, the 59 modifier can be very useful,” says Suzan Hauptman, MPM, CPC, CEMC, CEDC, director, compliance audit, Cancer Treatment [...]