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Apr 25th, 2012 - jshock
Coding Ultrasound Guided Sclerotherapy
My office performs sclerotherapy. We are billing procedure codes 93971, 36471, and 76942, what modifier should we apply "59"? We are billing all three during the same session. Thank you.
Apr 25th, 2012 - nmaguire 2,606
re: Coding Ultrasound Guided Sclerotherapy
RT or LT is all I can think of. The 59 modifier is used if a specific code is considered integral to a procedure and is used to bypass edit. Otherwise, not needed. Also used to designate different site or time of day.