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tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 17
Reader Questions: Modifier 79 Denotes Unplanned Procedure During Global
Question: Eight days after an initial wart freezing, the patient returns, and the physician freezes another wart. Is the second procedure bundled into the first, or can we report it with a modifier?Answer: You may be able to report the second occurrence of 17110 (Destruction [e.g., laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement], of benign lesions other than skin tags or cutaneous scular proliferative lesions; up to 14 lesions) if the documentation specifies that the treatment is for a different wart than the first procedure. Medicare assigns 17110 a 10-day global period, so the patient in...
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