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<strong>BadgerCare</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> & <strong>Medicaid</strong> <strong>SSI</strong> <strong>Provider</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> - GHC of Eau Claire May 2012<br />

Modifier Description GHC Claims Processing Policy<br />

82 Assistant surgeon (when qualified<br />

resident not available)<br />

Reimbursed at Forward <strong>Health</strong> fee.<br />

Assistants at surgery are covered when an<br />

assistant is considered medically necessary<br />

and appropriate. Documentation must<br />

support why assistant was needed.<br />

90 Reference (outside) laboratory Does not impact reimbursement<br />

91 Repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory<br />

test<br />

In the course of treatment of the patient it<br />

may be necessary to repeat the same<br />

laboratory test on the same day to obtain<br />

subsequent test results. This modifier is<br />

not appropriate when different specimens<br />

from different anatomical sites are tested.<br />

99 Multiple modifiers Does not impact reimbursement<br />

AA Anesthesia services performed Does not impact reimbursement<br />

personally by anesthesiologist<br />

AS Physician assistant, nurse practitioner,<br />

or clinical nurse specialist services for<br />

assistant at surgery<br />

P1<br />

P2<br />

P3<br />

P4<br />

P5<br />

P6<br />

QK<br />

QX<br />

QY<br />

QZ<br />

A normal healthy patient (anesthesia<br />

modifier)<br />

A patient with mild systemic disease<br />

(anesthesia modifier)<br />

A patient with severe systemic disease<br />

(anesthesia modifier)<br />

A patient with severe systemic disease<br />

that is a constant threat to life<br />

(anesthesia modifier)<br />

A moribund patient who is not<br />

expected to survive without the<br />

operation (anesthesia modifier)<br />

A declared brain-dead patient whose<br />

organs are being removed for donor<br />

purposes<br />

Medical direction of two, three, or four<br />

concurrent anesthesia procedures<br />

involving qualified individuals<br />

CRNA service: with medical direction<br />

by a physician<br />

Anesthesiologist medically directs one<br />

CRNA<br />

CRNA service: without medical<br />

direction by a physician<br />

Reimbursed at Forward <strong>Health</strong> fee.<br />

Assistants at surgery are covered when an<br />

assistant is considered medically necessary<br />

and appropriate. Documentation must<br />

support why assistant was needed.<br />

Does not impact reimbursement<br />

Does not impact reimbursement<br />

<strong>Provider</strong> may bill one additional unit when<br />

appropriate<br />

<strong>Provider</strong> may bill two additional units when<br />

appropriate<br />

<strong>Provider</strong> may bill three additional units<br />

when appropriate<br />

Does not impact reimbursement<br />

Reimbursed at Forward <strong>Health</strong> fee<br />

Reimbursed at Forward <strong>Health</strong> fee<br />

Reimbursed at Forward <strong>Health</strong> fee<br />

Does not impact reimbursement<br />

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