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Biopsy and Localization

Date: Aug 28, 2020

Question:

Office setting (global billing) with two physicians: Physician A performs breast biopsy 19083 at 1 pm and Physician B performs SAVI Scout localization 19285 at 2 pm. They both dictated reports and both insist that they can be billed separately because it was performed by two physicians and that per NCCI edits 19285 can be billed with 19083 if they add a -59 modifier since 19083 does not allow modifier -62. Thoughts?

Question ID : 14375
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