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Modifiers

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