Denials trend down on post-operative E/M, ophthalmologic codes
Your post-operative coding likely saw a performance boost in 2014 compared with the previous year, as providers came away with a nearly unanimous decrease in denials related to modifier 24 (Unrelated E/M service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional during a post-operative period) over the two-year period.
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