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Medical Modifiers 1 Objective: answer 7 out of 10 questions correctly. Click on Refresh or Reload to start Over. JavaScript required!
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Whenever an operating microscope is used. Whenever an unusually complicated procedure is performed. Whenever a prolonged procedure is performed. When the provider is performing the surgical procedure only and not the post-op care.
2. Modifier used when considerably more than is customary is performed during a given procedure.
-52 -22 -25 None of the Above
3. Modifier -25 can also be reported as:
mod25 25.00 09925 None of the Above
4. Modifier -50, Bilateral Procedure, is used when:
A CPT code is not specifically noted as bilateral in the CPT manual. A unilateral procedure is performed on both right and left sides of the body. There are two approaches to a surgery. All of the above.
5. Modifier -51:
Should always be used with "Add on" codes. Is used to indicate reduced services. Indicates a repeated procedure during the global period.. None of the above..
6. Modifiers T1 to T9 are:
CPT Level I modifiers. Are used to denote Lumbar vertebrae. Are Level II modifiers to specify digits on each foot. Are used to specify levels of complexity for anesthesia codes.
7. If a procedure is complicated by the late effects of a previous surgery, irradiation, infection or very low birth weight (and there is NOT a separate CPT code identifying these) :
Use modifier -21. Use modifier -22. Use modifier -57. Use modifier -78.
8. The -90 modifier means:
Mandated service. Reference outside laboratory. Multiple modifiers Microsurgery.
9. A laboratory test is rerun due to malfunction of the equipment. Use modifier:
-52. -90. -91. No modifier should be used in this circumstance.
10. A laboratory test is rerun to confirm the initial results. Use modifier: -52. -90. -91. No modifier should be used in this circumstance.
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