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19083-50, no longer

Date: Mar 24, 2015

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I took a webinar for the CIRCC exam by Dr. Z, and I think Dr. Z mentioned that we no longer would apply modifier -50 if -LT and -RT breast lesions are biopsied. Instead we would use add-on code. Could you let me know where I can find the AMA article about it. I was just reviewing 3M Encoder Pro, and they still recommend using modifier -50 for a bilateral procedure. Could you clarify?

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