Auditing modifiers--the two-digit codes attached to procedure codes to alter their descriptions--plays a key part in verifying that claims for healthcare services were filed accurately and processed ...

CMS is establishing four new, more specific modifiers that will eventually replace modifier 59 (distinct procedural service) and the new modifiers will be effective on Jan. 1, according to an ...

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Leslie Johnson, CCS-P, CPC ...

On January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) introduced 4 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System modifiers, known collectively as the - X(EPSU) modifiers, as a subset of ...

In addition to the creation of several new CPT codes for 2015, one CPT change is not about a new code but rather an old modifier. Modifier –59 is used when we want to communicate with the insurance ...

Gloria Miller, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, former vice president of reimbursement services at Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions Inc. shares which CPT codes to use. Q: What CPT codes and modifiers would be used ...