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Jul 8th, 2013 - saface
10060 with tetnus
Should I use modifier 59 when billing 10060 with 90471?
Jul 8th, 2013 - rphelps 615 1
re: 10060 with tetnus
Tetanus is paid based on medical necessity. I would bill 90703 along with the administration code 90471 using a diag code of V03.7 plus the reason for the I&D. Unless there are bundling issues you should not need a 59 modifier.