Wiki Office Visit with 17110

[TiffanyParks]

My physician billed a 99202 with a 17110 and we are being denied for the modifer on the 17110.

We had billed-
99202-25
17110-T6
*17110 was denied for modifier
We changed to-
99202-25
17110-RT
*17110 was denied for modifier

Any thought on what modifier I should be using??

 

[mitchellde]

No modifier on the 17110, this is a skin code and as such has no toe or side location. Skin is one continuous organ, so the only time you need a modifier for these codes is when you have say two excisions in the same area you need a 59 to say separate site. But for the 17110 there is no need for a modifier, you hit a logic error.