Henry works in a welding Company and while at work a splinter injured his cornea.

1.Henry works in a welding Company and while at work a splinter injured his cornea. Corneal transplants are an expensive treatment,so Henry's Employer's workman's compensation insurance carrier wanted him to have an opinion from an ophthalmologist. Which modifier will you use for his ophthalmologist visit which was the mandatory requirement by Henry's Employer's Worker's compensation .(32, 25,57,55)?

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Modifiers allow the doctor to mention that a particular medical procedure or service was changed in some way but it still in accordance with the definition. Additional information is supplied by using two or five digit alphanumeric modifiers along with five-digit CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes

Modifier code 32 is applicable for the given situation. This code is applicable for mandated consultations (only applicable to workers compensation or similar cases involving third party payers).

Nightingale answered 2 years ago

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