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CPT Modifiers
Modifiers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 22 | Increased Procedural Services |
| 23 | Unusual Anesthesia |
| 24 | Unrelated evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional during a postoperative period. |
| 25* | Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the procedure or other service. |
| 26 | Professional Component |
| 27* | Multiple Outpatient Hospital E/M encounters on the same date. |
| 32 | Mandated Services |
| 33 | Preventive Services |
| 47 | Anesthesia by Surgeon |
| 50* | Bilateral Procedure |
| 51 | Multiple Procedures |
| 52* | Reduced Services |
| 53 | Discontinued Procedure |
| 54 | Surgical Care Only |
| 55 | Postoperative Management Only |
| 56 | Preoperative Management Only |
| 57 | Decision for Surgery |
| 58* | Staged or related procedure or service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional during the postoperative period. |
| 59* | Distinct Procedural Service |
| 62 | Two Surgeons |
| 63 | Procedure performed on infant less than 4 kgs |
| 66 | Surgical Team |
| 73* | Discontinued outpatient procedure prior to anesthesia administration. |
| 74* | Discontinued outpatient procedure after anesthesia administration. |
| 76* | Repeat procedure or service by same physician or other qualified health care professional. |
| 77* | Repeat procedure or service by another physician or other qualified health care professional. |
| 78* | Unplanned return to the operating/procedure room by the same physician or other qualified health care professional following initial procedure for a related procedure during the postoperative period. |
| 79* | Unrelated procedure or service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional during the postoperative period. |
| 80 | Assistant Surgeon |
| 81 | Minimum Assistant Surgeon |
| 82 | Assistant Surgeon (when qualified resident surgeon not available) |
| 90 | Reference (outside) Laboratory |
| 91 | Repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory test. |
| 92 | Alternative laboratory platform testing. |
| 99 | Multiple Modifiers |
| P1 | A normal healthy patient |
| P2 | A patient with mild systemic disease |
| P3 | A patient with severe systemic disease. |
| P4 | A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life. |
| P5 | A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation. |
| P6 | A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes. |
| LT** | Left Side |
| RT** | Right Side |
| AI** | Principal physician of record |
| BL** | Special acquisition of blood and blood products. |
| CA** | Procedure payable only in the inpatient setting when performed emergently on an outpatient who expires prior to admission. |
| CR** | Catastrophe/disaster related |
| E1** | Upper left, eyelid |
| E2** | Lower left, eyelid |
| E3** | Upper right, eyelid |
| E4** | Lower right, eyelid |
| FA** | Left hand, thumb |
| F1** | Left hand, second digit |
| F2** | Left hand, third digit |
| F3** | Left hand, fourth digit |
| F4** | Left hand, fifth digit |
| F5** | Right hand, thumb |
| F6** | Right hand, second digit |
| F7** | Right hand, third digit |
| F8** | Right hand, fourth digit |
| F9** | Right hand, fifth digit |
| FB** | Item provided without cost to provider, supplier or practitioner, or full credit received for replacement device. |
| FC** | Partial credit received for replacement device. |
| GA** | Waiver of liability statement on file |
| GG** | Performance and payment of a screening mammogram and diagnostic mammogram on the same patient, same day. |
| GH** | Diagnostic mammogram converted from screening mammogram on same day. |
| LC** | Left circumflex, coronary artery. |
| LD** | Left anterior descending coronary artery. |
| RC** | Right coronary artery |
| Q0** | Investigational clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study. |
| Q1** | Routine clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study. |
| QM** | Ambulance service provided under arrangement by a provider of services. |
| QN** | Ambulance service furnished directly by a provider of services. |
| TA** | Left foot, great toe |
| T1** | Left foot, second digit |
| T2** | Left foot, third digit |
| T3** | Left foot, fourth digit |
| T4** | Left foot, fifth digit |
| T5** | Right foot, great toe |
| T6** | Right foot, second digit |
| T7** | Right foot, third digit |
| T8** | Right foot, fourth digit |
| T9** | Right foot, fifth digit |
| AS | Physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist services for assistant at surgery |
| 1P | Performance Measure Exclusion Modifier due to Medical Reasons |
| 2P | Performance Measure Exclusion Modifier due to Patient Reasons |
| 3P | Performance Measure Exclusion Modifier due to System Reasons |
| 8P | Performance measure reporting modifier-action not performed, reason not otherwise specified |