DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2021 Issue 7 (July)

Reminder: Relaxed NCCI edits have been retired; code accordingly

Question: We often perform trigger points (20552-20553) on the same day that established patients come in for E/M visits (99211-99215). I heard that in 2020 Medicare said that we no longer need to append modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable E/M service) when the E/M takes place on the same day as a trigger point injection. Is that true?

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