A patient develops difficulty during surgery and the physician discontinues the procedure. Identify the modifier that may be reported by the physician to indicate that the procedure was discontinued.
A patient develops difficulty during surgery and the physician discontinues the procedure. Identify the modifier that may be reported by the physician to indicate that the procedure was discontinued.
To indicate the procedure was discontinued due to the patient's difficulty during surgery for their well-being, modifier -53 should be used. This modifier specifically denotes discontinued procedures when the physician decides to stop the operation to ensure the patient's safety.
Modifier 53 is used in circumstances where the physician decided to stop the the surgery or procedure for the well being of the patient.
C - Mod 53 when a surgery procedure is stopped by the provider for patient safety