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Modifiers 101:

Bolster Your Bilateral Procedure Claims With Correct Modifier 50 Use

Published on Mon Feb 07, 2022

Tip: Make sure to get payer guidelines in writing. Pulmonologists perform several procedures on both sides of a patient’s body to diagnose or treat conditions affecting their respiratory system. If you’re not appending the correct modifier to applicable procedure codes, you could be leaving money on the table for your practice. So, here’s how you correctly append procedure codes with [...]
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