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Details Title: Medical Coding Description: addon codes Total Flash Cards: 28 Created: 02/15/2004 10:12:27	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term -21 Definition prolonged E/M services - when services are to the highest level and take longer than usual Term -22 Definition unusual procedural services are greater than the usual listed service. Term -23 Definition unusual anesthesia Term -24 Definition unrelated E/M services by the same physician during a postoperative period Term -25 Definition significant, separately indentifiable E/M service by same physician on the same day of procedure or other service Term -26 Definition professional component; certain procedures are a combination of a physician component and a technical component. When the physician component is reported separately the service may be identified by -26 Term -32 Definition mandated services; example when police require rape victim to have certain tests done or when an employer requires an employee to have tests done for workers compensation. Term -47 Definition when anesthesia is done by the surgeon during the procedure. Term -50 Definition bilateral procedure done during same operative session. Term -51 Definition multiple procedures; more than one procedure is performed during the operative period. Same operation but different site. Term -52 Definition reduced services; used to indicate a service that was provided but was reduced in comparison to the full description of the service. Term -53 Definition dicontinued procedure; circumstances in which services were reduced at the direction of physician, procedure was stopped becaue of the patients condition. Term -54, -55, -56 Definition when one surgon preforms the surgical services and the other surgon provides the postoperative & preoperative services. -55 postoperative care. -56 preoperative care. Term -57 Definition decision for surgery = it is only added to E/M codes to indicate the day the decision to perform a surgery was made. Term -58 Definition staged or related procedure or service by the same physicain during the postoperative period. Includes original procedure. Term -59 Definition indicates that services that are usually bundled into one payment were provided as seperate services. Term -62 Definition indicates that two surgeons acted as co-surgeons. Term -63 Definition procedure performed on infants less than 4 kg Term -76 Definition repeat procedure by same physician Term -77 Definition repeat procedure by another physician Term -78 Definition return to the operating room for a related procedure during the postoperative period. Term -79 Definition unrelated procedure of service by the same physician during the postoperative period. Term -80 Definition assistant surgeon needed during surgical procedure. Term -81 Definition assistant surgeon who provides services that are less extensive than those described by modifier -80 Term -82 Definition assistant surgeon when qualifiel resident surgeon not available. Term -90 Definition reference laboratory (outside) Term -91 Definition repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory test. Term -99 Definition used only if the third-party payer does not accept the addition of multiple modifiers to a code.