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ECMO Management in a Global Period

Date: Aug 28, 2020

Question:

If a surgeon performs a 90-day global procedure and places the patient on ECMO, what modifier should be appended to the ECMO daily management CPT codes for the surgeon if he/she is providing the ECMO management post op?

Question ID : 14372
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