| AI | Principal Physician of Record. Used by the admitting or attending physician who oversees the patient’s care, as distinct from other physicians who may be furnishing specialty care. |
| 24 | Unrelated E/M service by the same physician during a post op period – Use with E/M codes only to indicate that the E/M service was performed during a postoperative period for a reason(s) unrelated to the original procedure. Modifier 24 applies to unrelated E/M services for either MAJOR or MINOR surgical procedure. Failure to use this modifier when appropriate may result in denial of the E/M service. |
| 25 | Significant, separately identifiable – Evaluation and Management service by the same physician on the same day as the procedure or other service. The physician may need to indicate that on the day a procedure or service was performed, the patient’s condition required a significant, separately identifiable E&M service above and beyond the other service provided or beyond the usual preoperative and postoperative care associated with the procedure that was performed. The E&M service may be prompted by the symptom or condition for which the procedure and/or service was provided. As such, different diagnoses are not required for reporting of the E&M services on the same date. This circumstance may be reported by adding the modifier -25 to the appropriate level of E&M service. |
| 57 | Decision for surgery – Use with E/M codes billed by the surgeon to indicate that the E/M service resulted in the decision for surgery (E/M visit was NOT usual preoperative care). For E/M visits prior to MAJOR surgery (90-day post op period) only. Failure to use this modifier when appropriate may result in denial of the E/M service. |
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