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38792 and Modifiers

Date: Dec 3, 2021

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Question #7826 was answered in April of 2016. Do you have any update to your answer? We are coding with modifiers and appealing but not having success. According to all the codes and EncoderPro, we can use a modifier and override the NCCI edit. Our physicians document very clearly that they perform the radioactive tracer injection in the Pre-Op area and then when in the OR they perform the Isosulfan dye injection.

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