Instructor’s Guide for ICD-9-CM Diagnostic Coding and ...

Modifier 59 may be appended to an unlisted code such as 29999. False Feedback: It is not appropriate to append any modifier to an unlisted code because modifiers provide the means by which the reporting physician can indicate that a service or procedure has been altered by some specific circumstance, but not changed in its definition or code. ................
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