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Healthcare News: 2016 NCCI Manual includes updated modifier -59 guidance

While providers are still awaiting further guidance on the four modifiers CMS introduced as subsets of modifier -59 (distinct procedural service), the latest NCCI Manual does include clarification for certain scenarios involving the modifier. 

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