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Can someone please tell me which modifer resets the post-operative date (modifier 78 or modifier 79) and which one of the two maintains the present post-operative date?
There is an article in the September 2012 Coding Edge regarding these modifiers. It states that modifier 78 does not reset global days and with modifier 79, a new global period begins.