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Nov 13th, 2011 - William
what modifier to use for an emergency surgery performed by patients surgeon and what to use if this is done on a day outside of regular hours? Eg. Saturday or Sunday?
Nov 14th, 2011 - rphelps 615 1
re: what modifier to use for an emergency surgery performed by patients surgeon and what to use if this is done on a day outside of regular hours? Eg. Saturday or Sunday?
Have never seen an emergency surgery modifier nor have I seen one for surgeries performed on the weekend.
Nov 14th, 2011 - Codapedia Editor 1,399
re: what modifier to use for an emergency surgery performed by patients surgeon and what to use if this is done on a day outside of regular hours? Eg. Saturday or Sunday?
I agree with rphelps: no modifier for the surgery because it was an emergency or a week end.