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Fracture Care:

Check for Presurgical E/M on Fractures

Published on Wed Mar 04, 2020

There are 2 E/M modifiers to choose from depending on global. When your orthopedic surgeon performs fracture care for a patient, a significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management (E/M) service often precedes it. Better yet, you can code for that separate E/M as long as you can prove it is truly separate, and you remember to append the proper modifier [...]
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