Surgical Modifiers in Vascular Surgery

Modifiers tell the payor what happened in a surgery and more importantly impact reimbursement in different ways. Appending correct modifiers can make the difference between a quickly paid claim and one that languishes in your AR waiting for resubmission. Physician documentation must reflect what happened differently in a procedure to lead the code/biller to appending the correct modifier. This webinar explains the most common modifiers and how they are used accurately in actual vascular surgery scenarios. 

 Objectives

Agenda

Surgical Modifiers in Vascular Surgery

• When should a 22 Modifier Be Used for Increased Procedural Services and Will it get Paid?
  • What needs to be documented?
• Same Day Modifiers
  •  51 vs 59 what’s the difference?
  •  52 vs 53 what’s the difference?
•  Global Period Modifiers
  • When do these apply?
  • Modifier 58. Is it only for a planned procedure?
    • What is the reimbursement impact?
  • Modifier 79. What makes an unrelated procedure? An infection at the incision site? Debridement of a pre-existing ulcer?
    • What is the reimbursement impact?
  • Modifier 78. Are procedures on an existing AV graft or fistula a complication?
    • How does this impact reimbursement and the global period?
•  Clinical scenarios

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