BC Advantage - 2018 Issue 9

Using Modifiers 96 and 97

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires coverage of certain essential health benefits (EHBs), two of which are rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices. Since the ACA did not define these terms or specify coverage requirements, it is left up to individual states to create benchmark plans to determine coverage requirements. As of January 1, 2018, there are two informational modifiers which should be used when reporting these two different types of services. Since physical therapy services may be either habilitative or rehabilitative, the appropriate modifier needs to be used when reporting these services.What's the Difference?Habilitative (modifier 96):...

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