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Medical Insurance 7th Edition by Amy Blochowiak, Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby
Edition 7ISBN: 978-1259683077Medical Insurance 7th Edition by Amy Blochowiak, Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby
Edition 7ISBN: 978-1259683077 Exercise 21
Assigning Modifiers
A. What is the meaning of each of the modifiers used in the following case example? A multi-trauma patient had a bilateral knee procedure as part of team surgery following a motorcycle crash. The orthopedic surgeon also reconstructed the patient's pelvis and left wrist.
1. 99
2. 66
3. 51
4. 50
Supply the correct codes and modifiers for the following cases:
B. A surgeon administers a regional Bier block and then monitors the patient and the block while repairing the flexor tendon of the forearm.
C. Primary care provider performs a frontal and lateral chest X-ray and observes a mass. The patient is sent to a pulmonologist, who, on the same day, repeats the frontal and lateral chest X-ray. How should the pulmonologist report the X-ray service?
D. A day after surgery for a knee replacement, the patient develops an infection in the surgical area and is returned to the operating room for debridement. Which modifier is attached to the second procedure?
A. What is the meaning of each of the modifiers used in the following case example? A multi-trauma patient had a bilateral knee procedure as part of team surgery following a motorcycle crash. The orthopedic surgeon also reconstructed the patient's pelvis and left wrist.
1. 99
2. 66
3. 51
4. 50
Supply the correct codes and modifiers for the following cases:
B. A surgeon administers a regional Bier block and then monitors the patient and the block while repairing the flexor tendon of the forearm.
C. Primary care provider performs a frontal and lateral chest X-ray and observes a mass. The patient is sent to a pulmonologist, who, on the same day, repeats the frontal and lateral chest X-ray. How should the pulmonologist report the X-ray service?
D. A day after surgery for a knee replacement, the patient develops an infection in the surgical area and is returned to the operating room for debridement. Which modifier is attached to the second procedure?
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A. 1. 99 multiple modifiers
2. 66 surgic...
Medical Insurance 7th Edition by Amy Blochowiak, Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby
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