MAC Auditors Will Stick It To Facet Joint Injection Claims
Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by Editor in Provider News
We hook you up with CMS instructions for when to use +64472, +64476 and when to use modifier 50.
Thanks to a 2006 OIG audit, MACs are on the lookout for incorrectly-billed facet joint injections, so it’s time…
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