Physical Status Modifiers
Discussion activity -Discuss the CPT guidelines, modifiers, and add-on codes. Please include examples of each.
When looking in the CPT manual, we will notice that the guidelines are at the beginning of every section. The guidelines give us information that we need to know in order to report the correct code. When looking at the guidelines for coding in the anesthesia section, it explains how the physical status modifiers P1-P6 are used. Modifiers can be used to give more specificity to a code, by telling if the procedure was done on the left (-LT), right (-RT), or -50 for bilateral. When a patient is at the doctor for a check-up and ask about having skin tags removed, then we would use modifier -51 for multiple procedures at the same time.
When looking in the CPT manual, we will notice that the guidelines are at the beginning of every section. The guidelines give us information that we need to know in order to report the correct code. When looking at the guidelines for coding in the anesthesia section, it explains how the physical status modifiers P1-P6 are used. Modifiers can be used to give more specificity to a code, by telling if the procedure was done on the left (-LT), right (-RT), or -50 for bilateral. When a patient is at the doctor for a check-up and ask about having skin tags removed, then we would use modifier -51 for multiple procedures at the same time.