Here are three common but critical mistakes made by ASC coders when using modifier -59, according to Cristina Bentin, principal of Coding Compliance Management.

Auditing modifiers--the two-digit codes attached to procedure codes to alter their descriptions--plays a key part in verifying that claims for healthcare services were filed accurately and ...

Leslie Johnson, CCS-P, CPC, Director of Coding and Education, Medi-Corp. I’ve actually been doing research on this subject and have found two separate reasons that are acceptable to payors and to ...