Reader Questions:
Test Your Modifier Knowledge in This AWV Scenario
Published on Wed Jan 20, 2021
Question: Do I need to use a modifier when billing 87491 with an annual wellness visit? Georgia Subscriber. Answer: Per National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits for the preventive medicine codes 99381-99397 (Initial/periodic comprehensive preventive medicine evaluation/reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic [...]