HCPro, JustCoding Outpatient - 2016 Issue 29 (August)

Reporting modifiers for services performed in the postoperative period

August 2nd, 2016

Modifier -58 describes a staged or related procedure or service by the same provider during the postoperative period. For outpatient hospitals, the postoperative period is defined as the same service date.

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