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Maximize Your Payment for Multiple Encounters on the Same Day

Published on Fri Oct 24, 2014

Knowing which codes qualify for -27 is your first step toward success. When your physicians provide multiple evaluation and management (E/M) services for a patient in multiple outpatient settings on the same day, don’t assume you can only code for one encounter. Modifier 27 (Multiple outpatient hospital E/M encounters on the same date) can come to your rescue, if you [...]
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