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.
The attached is an excerpt on POA indicators from the book, JustCoding’s Guide to Medical Necessity Denials (Pack of 5) by Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, CDIP, COBGC.