tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2008 Issue 11

Modifier 25 Isn't Always the Answer for Same-Day E/M

Keep E/M documentation apart to demonstrate the service's -separate- status To report an E/M service that prompts a follow-up procedure, you must append either modifier 25 or modifier 57 to the appropriate E/M service code. Which modifier you select, however, depends not only on the nature of the E/M service but also on the length of the global period associated with the follow-up procedure. Here are the facts you-ll need to make the choice easy. Extra motivation: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has targeted "services within the global period" -- including E/M services with modifiers 25 or 57 ...

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