QUESTION: If the same procedure was done on the Great Toe of the right foot and on the great toe of the left foot, how is it coded?
ANSWER: Report the procedure code once and append modifiers T5 (right foot, great toe) and TA (left foot, great toe) to the code. CMS currently accepts up to two modifiers per line.
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ANSWER: Report the procedure code once and append modifiers T5 (right foot, great toe) and TA (left foot, great toe) to the code. CMS currently accepts up to two modifiers per line.
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