tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 2

Modifiers: CMS Stays Mum on X{EPSU} Modifier Examples

Noridian Medicare appears poised to offer advice, however. If you’re already prepared to “X” out Medicare’s new “X{EPSU}” modifiers, you’re not alone—a dearth of information on how to use them, coupled with denials for practices who have appended them to claims—is causing frustration across the Part B community. Now that 2015 is here and the Part B payment freeze has been lifted, practices are eager to get the scoop on the proper way to report these modifiers, which were meant to take some of the strain off of the use of modifier...

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