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Therapy Modifier Consistency Edits

The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to create edits in Original Medicare claims processing systems to ensure that certain 'always therapy' evaluation and reevaluation codes are reported with the correct modifier. It also makes several clarifications of details in Pub. 100-04, Chapter 5.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: February 06, 2014

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