Question

1. Provide an example of when you would use modifier TC

Answer 1

Modifier TC

Modifier TC identifies the technical component.It is used when only the technical component of a procedure is being billed when certain services combine both the professional and technical portions in one procedure code. That is used when billing both the professional and technical component of a procedure when the technical component was purchased from an outside entity.Use it when the physician performs the test but does not do the interpretation.In short it is to bill for only the technical component portion of a procedures falling into the following types of service; Medical care/Injections ,Surgery, Radiology,Lab, Radiation Therapy and Assistant Surgeon.For example  the provider is appropriately billing for just the technical portion of a screening mammogram performed on the left side.Under certain circumstances, a charge may be made for the technical component alone. Under those circumstances the technical component charge is identified by adding modifier TC to the usual procedure number.Technical component charges are institutional charges and not billed separately by physicians.