Mind your modifiers: X modifiers can beat modifier 59, data show — but be careful
Perhaps you are wondering whatever happened to the four X modifiers CMS introduced back in 2014. Providers and payers alike were excited by the modifiers because they appear to provide a method for reporting more detail on a claim than modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service).
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