CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 27, 2006

Recently, we have been instructed that when a spinal manipulation code (98940-98942) is billed in conjunction with an extraspinal manipulation code (98943), the extraspinal code should be appended with the 51 modifier. According to CPT, modifier 51 may be used with codes in the Medicine section. We would like to know if the modifier 51 is reported with the Chiropractic Manipulation codes.

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