Modifiers describe special circumstances without changing the definition or meaning of the code used to report services. Modifiers are added to CPT or HCPCS codes. Modifiers are like playing Monopoly.

Medicare improperly paid physicians for co-surgery and assistant-at-surgery services that were billed without the appropriate payment modifiers. On Nov. 25, the OIG published a review of whether Part ...

On January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) introduced 4 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System modifiers, known collectively as the - X(EPSU) modifiers, as a subset of ...