Hi all,
Complete newbie here, still taking the CPC H course. For one of the chapter exercises, you're asked to code appendectomy performed by a resident under the guidance of a teaching physician. Which modifier would come first- GC or AA? I'm assuming, from reading other threads, that it's GC first because that has the biggest influence on cost and seems like the most generalized impacting factor, but how would I go about figuring this out more reliably and in a way that I could apply to future cases?
Thanks!
Complete newbie here, still taking the CPC H course. For one of the chapter exercises, you're asked to code appendectomy performed by a resident under the guidance of a teaching physician. Which modifier would come first- GC or AA? I'm assuming, from reading other threads, that it's GC first because that has the biggest influence on cost and seems like the most generalized impacting factor, but how would I go about figuring this out more reliably and in a way that I could apply to future cases?
Thanks!