New coding guidance – It could be you: CMS officials announce individual approach to X modifiers
Keep an eye out for a direct communication from your carrier about X modifiers XE, XP, XS and XU. That will be the signal that your use of the modifier has come to your carrier’s attention and it wants you to use the more specific X modifiers instead of modifier 59.
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