The modifiers below are approved modifiers for use with peripheral block procedures. Payment will only be made once during an episode of care. Modifier -59 is required to distinguish the block from ...

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3. Over-utilization of -59. Do not use -59 to bypass the edits when a procedure is truly integral to the main procedure. Remember, simply because the Medicare edits may allow for a modifier doesn’t ...

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