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Mofidifer for 93287

Date: Mar 24, 2015

Question:

When a patient with a biventricular defibrillator comes in for an EPS study (93620, 93621, 93623), and his/her defibrillator is turned off before the EPS procedure, then turned back on and reprogrammed after the procedure, we have been placing a -59 modifier on the second instance of 93287. Will that still be the most specific/appropriate modifier in this scenario, or will modifier -XU or -XS be more appropriate?

Question ID : 6500
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