Modifier 32, Mandated services, is used when:
A) Patient presents to the office with a cough and while in the office shows the provider a wart on her foot and the provider removes the wart
B) Surgeon performs appendectomy, and the patient returns to the office during the 90 day global period with abdominal pain that is diagnosed as gallstones
C) Surgeon is asked to see a patient in the ED for severe abdominal pain. He diagnoses the patient with appendicitis and decides to perform an appendectomy that evening.
D) Third-party payer requires a second opinion
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Q25: The description of the illness or injury
Q27: The E/M section guidelines regarding new and
Q28: To select the appropriate code from this
Q29: All of the following are true about
Q30: The descriptive words "gait, range of motion,
Q31: A patient is seen by a provider
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