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Don't shoot your finances in the foot

Ambulatory Surgery Coding & Reimbursement Insider, September 1, 2008

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Coding for podiatry can be fairly complicated due to the number of procedures that may be involved in one case, says Lowell Scott Weil Sr., DPM, FACFAS, chair and CEO of Weil Foot & Ankle Institute and Foot & Ankle Surgery Center in Des Plaines, IL.

Sometimes, those multiple procedures are lost in coding because the coders use the wrong modifier. And that may mean you are leaving money on the table.

Examine use of modifier -59, T modifiers

Modifier -59 and T modifiers, in particular, are often misused and lead to incorrect coding.

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