What Surgeons Want - November 2016 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine
Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.
Medicare doesn't let ambulatory surgical centers use the -50 modifier
to bill bilateral procedures in most states. Instead, use the RT/LT mod-
ifiers for bilateral procedures when billing these codes to Medicare.
OSM
Ms. Ellis (sellis@ellismedical.com) is president of Ellis Medical Consulting
in Franklin, Tenn.
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