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Use Modifier 24, Tighten Up Unrelated Postop E/M Claims

Published on Thu Oct 08, 2020

If the service is related to the surgery, it’s not separately codeable. A patient is in the postoperative global period for a recent surgery. The patient reports to the orthopedist for an office/ outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) service during the postop period — but the problem is unrelated to any postop treatment included in the surgical package. What do [...]
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