Modifier 32, Mandated services, is used when:
A) 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.
B) Third-party payer requires a second opinion
C) Surgeon performs appendectomy, and the patient returns to the office during the 90 day global period with abdominal pain that is diagnosed as gallstones
D) 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
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