When a physician performs a surgical procedure but does NOT provide the preoperative and/or postoperative management, the coder should use modifier:

A) -54.
B) -55.
C) -56.
D) -58.

A) -54.

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

Arrange the following types of debridement from most expedient to slowest

A. Enzymatic, sharp, autolytic B. Sharp, autolytic, enzymatic C. Enzymatic, autolytic, sharp D. Sharp, enzymatic, autolytic

Health Professions

When Mrs. Hoffstetter passed out at the mall, paramedics found her heart rate to be 34. Which of the following medications would be appropriate to give to cause the heart rate to increase?

A) Digitalis B) Atropine C) Adenosine D) Propranolol

Health Professions