BadgerCare Plus & Medicaid SSI Provider Manual - Group Health ...
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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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