Dr. G was asked to provide a cardiology consultation in the emergency department for a patient who was experiencing atrial fibrillation. Dr. G determined that the patient needed to have a dual-chamber pacemaker inserted, and he scheduled the patient to have this procedure on the following morning. To correctly code the outpatient consultation visit in the ED, which of the following modifiers needs to be appended?

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Modifier 57 is used to indicate that a decision for surgery was made during the consultation. This modifier is appropriate when a visit leads to the decision to perform surgery on the day of or the day after the visit.

Dr G Was Asked to Provide a Cardiology Consultation in the Emergency