CMS has added 13 new modifiers and extended the one of one, as indicated in the January 2011 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor. Most of the new modifiers went into effect Jan. 1, but one new modifier ...

Modifiers describe special circumstances without changing the definition or meaning of the code used to report services. Modifiers are added to CPT or HCPCS codes. Modifiers are like playing Monopoly.

In general, Medicare considers E/M services provided on the day of a procedure to be part of the work of that procedure. Q: A patient with a history of hypertension and high cholesterol visits a ...

The Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services has released its Work Plan for 2014, and while there are no new anesthesia issues that the OIG will look into, the ...