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Check Global to Nail 25/57 Encounters

Published on Tue Jan 24, 2017

Reserve modifier 57 for “major” surgeries. To get the most out of every patient/provider encounter, coders need the ability to identify instances where the provider performs a significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management (E/M) service and a surgical procedure or other type of service on the same date. If you can be a coder that spots these separate E/Ms, you’ll [...]
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