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Professonal modifiers 52 and 53

Date: Aug 13, 2020

Question:

What documentation requirements are there to use these two modifiers? For instance, for modifier -52 does the physician need to state what percentage of a procedure was performed if attempting to angioplasty a coronary and cannot pass the wire after multiple attempts and much time has passed? Are there specific documentation requirements for -53?

Question ID : 14316
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