Wiki What modifier to use for incomplete Ultrasound Doppler?

[patdow]

We have a patient who had an abdominal ultrasound and Doppler but the Doppler was incomplete due to excessive gas. It was only partially completed. Usually we code 93975 and 76700 with modifier 59. Do I add modifier 52 along with 59?

 

[Deborah Marsh]

Hi – This blog post may help: https://www.aapc.com/blog/43413-double-check-duplex-scan-documentation/

Also, you may want to post on the specialty forum if you haven’t yet because coders there may have seen the same scenario. Good luck!