Leslie Johnson, CCS-P, CPC, Director of Coding and Education, Medi-Corp. I’ve actually been doing research on this subject and have found two separate reasons that are acceptable to payors and to ...

The -59 modifier is used to report a "distinct procedural service". Proper use of the -59 modifier can result in payment for services that are usually denied when performed in the same case. This is ...

Modifier -59 or -XU is appended to indicate that the VAC it is a distinct service from code 11042. The documentation should clearly state that the wound VAC was medically necessary because the ...