When a procedure is performed in the global period of another procedure and was performed as the result of a complication of the previous procedure, which modifier should be used?

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Modifier -78 is used for a procedure performed during the postoperative period of another procedure due to a complication of the first procedure. This indicates that the subsequent procedure was related to the first procedure and not a separate, unrelated issue.

When a Procedure Is Performed in the Global Period of Another