This form focuses on converting the 2022 observation-only E/M codes to the hospital inpatient/observation codes of 2023. This document from NAHRI Journal was originally published in Part B News.
Coding professionals who work in ASC may be familiar with anesthesia modifiers -73 (discontinued outpatient hospital/ambulatory surgery center [ASC] procedure prior to the administration of anesthesia) and -74 (discontinued outpatient hospital/ambulatory surgery center [ASC] procedure after administration of anesthesia). This resource form clarifies instances when these modifiers are appropriate to append.
Modifiers -GX (notice of liability issued, voluntary under payer policy) and -GY (Item or service statutorily excluded, does not meet the definition of any Medicare benefit or, for non-Medicare insurers, is not a contract benefit) tend to cause confusion for many coding professionals. This resource form may be used to clarify when these modifiers are appropriate to append.