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Make the Right Modifier Choice in This Flu Test Scenario

Published on Tue Jan 12, 2021

Question: We often do double flu tests, one for flu A and one for flu B. We bill code 87804 for both, and I have tried to apply modifier 76 to the second one to show that it is not a duplicate. This is coming back as an error stating the modifier is either missing or incorrect. Which other modifier [...]
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