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Medical Billing and Coding Explain the purpose of modifiers. Give three examples and explain how they...

Medical Billing and Coding

Explain the purpose of modifiers.

Give three examples and explain how they would be used:

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Modifiers.

    * Modifiers represent the medical or surgical procedures which are

      performed by health care providers become changed by some

      set of conditions but it not changed it's code.

    * It helps the health care providers to effectively communicate with the

      insurer about their payments.

   * It helps to report

           * If a service is provided multiple times.

           * Bilateral procedures.

           * Professional and technical component of a procedure.

           * Mandated services.

           * Discontinued procedure.

           * Unrelated procedures.

Examples.

      1) Modifier 47 - Anesthesia by surgeon

                If anesthesia is performed by a surgeon during the surgical procedure

                this modifier is added to the basic service.

      2) Modifier 57 - Decision for surgery.

                If during evaluation and mangement service a decision taken to perform a

                surgery then this modifier added to the evaluation and management code.

      3) Modifier 53 - Discontinued procedure.

               If a physician discontinued a procedure for avoiding increased risk of

               complications and well being of the patient then add this modifier to the

               code of service.

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