Author Question: CPT defines surgery as incision, excision, amputation, endoscopy, repair, suture, manipulation, ... (Read 34 times)

sheilaspns · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

CPT defines surgery as incision, excision, amputation, endoscopy, repair, suture, manipulation, destruction, and ___________________ _.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

What modifier would be most appropriate in the following scenario? Physician performs a tubal ligation on a patient, and 3 weeks later the patient returns to the office. She now has an infected Bartholin's gland cyst. The following week the same physician performs a Bartholin's gland marsupialization.
A) No modifier is needed since they are on different dates of service
B) -79
C) -51
D) -58