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Hello,
Can you use a modifier 57 on an E/M for an elective surgery? The surgery does have a 90 global and the E/M is completed the day before surgery. I found the information below on Supercoder.com
Question: We attached modifier -57 to an E/M service that resulted in a decision to remove a lesion. Our Medicare carrier rejected our claim. What did we do wrong?
Virginia Subscriber
Answer: You should attach modifier -57 (Decision for surgery) when an E/M service, such as 99214 (Office or other outpatient visit ... established patient ...), results in a decision for major surgery during the patient preoperative period. The preoperative period on a major surgery includes the day of and the day prior to the procedure. Typically, your internist should order an emergency procedure or surgery, not a scheduled or elective surgery.
Thank you,
Can you use a modifier 57 on an E/M for an elective surgery? The surgery does have a 90 global and the E/M is completed the day before surgery. I found the information below on Supercoder.com
Question: We attached modifier -57 to an E/M service that resulted in a decision to remove a lesion. Our Medicare carrier rejected our claim. What did we do wrong?
Virginia Subscriber
Answer: You should attach modifier -57 (Decision for surgery) when an E/M service, such as 99214 (Office or other outpatient visit ... established patient ...), results in a decision for major surgery during the patient preoperative period. The preoperative period on a major surgery includes the day of and the day prior to the procedure. Typically, your internist should order an emergency procedure or surgery, not a scheduled or elective surgery.
Thank you,