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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 2 (February)
Modifiers (Q&A) (February 2014)
February 2014 page 11d
Modifiers
Question: The physician completes a screening colonoscopy reaching the cecum or terminal ileum, but due to poor prep the physician decides to repeat the colonoscopy the next day. Is it appropriate to append modifier 53, Discontinued procedure, to the CPT code for the original colonoscopy?
Answer: Yes. Modifier 53, Discontinued Procedure, would be appended to the original colonoscopy. ♦
Modifiers (Q&A) (February 2014). CPT® Assistant. 2014; February 2014 page 11d
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