tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2008 Issue 4

CPT 2008: Modify Your Modifier Practices: Here's Why

The AMA works harder to convince you of documentation's importance If you-ve been less than stringent when using modifiers 22 and 59, CPT 2008 includes revisions aimed squarely at you. A new descriptor for modifier 22, as well as new verbiage in CPT Appendix A ("Modifiers") for modifier 59, serves notice that payers are likely to tighten down even further on claims containing these modifiers. Stress -Substantially Greater Than Usual- for 22 In 2008, the descriptor for modifier 22 will specify "increased procedural services," rather than "unusual procedural services," as in years past. Along with this subtle...

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