Complete list of available HCPCS modifiers for accurate and optimal medical billing procedures
A modifier provides the means by which the reporting physician or provider can indicate that a service or procedure that has been performed has been altered by some specific circumstance but not changed in its definition or code. The judicious application of modifiers obviates the necessity for separate procedure listings that may describe the modifying circumstance. Modifiers may be used to
indicate to the recipient of a report that: