While payment is coded in a global surgical package to include several aspects of the patient’s care — preoperative visits, surgery, recovery — multiple physicians or specialists often provide that care. When the care is split, the article identifies Modifier 54 as providing surgical care only while Modifier 55 is providing postoperative management only.
The report also cautions to document the date of care transfer.
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