Lisa Bledsoe
True Blue
I'm sure I am not alone on this question - if a patient has surgery elsewhere and another provider does post op care only, mod -55 is to be used on the surgical code. But how is the surgeon supposed to report the code? If only -54 is reported then they don't get credit for the pre-op management. Would you report the surgical code on separate line items, once with -54 and once with -56? Or is the code reported on one line with both modifiers? ![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)