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Date: Jan 12, 2010

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Hello guys- I have a physician who is going to perform intracranial procedures at another hospital, mostly elective coilings. We have done this at other hospitals and they coded the procedures, the entire procedure. This time, could we code for the professional services only, by adding the 26 modifier on the 70,000 series codes? Is this wrong to do or is it mandatory? Thank you

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