DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2024 Issue 4 (April)

Lesion-destruction codes top list of 59-appended services; labs lose

For the second year running, providers turned to modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service) most often when performing a lesion-destruction service, and denials held steady for codes 17003 and 17000. But keep an eye on a duo of lab codes: the denial rates on 87798 and 87481 shot up significantly in 2022.

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