Reimbursement:
Don't Muddy the Lines of Code Selection Just to Get Paid
Published on Thu Sep 12, 2019
‘Coding for dollars’ could have you paying a bigger price later. It’s a scenario every coder has encountered: your provider performs a procedure that isn’t specifically tied to a particular CPT® code, although another code descriptor almost matches the service. Sometimes you’re justified in appending a modifier such as 52 (Reduced services) and explaining the situation to the payer. At [...]