(Newser) â Here's a fun fact to throw around the Thanksgiving table: Lots of turkey farms use arsenic in their feed. Yes, that arsenic, the deadly poison, which can control stomach bugs in turkeys and fatten them up, explains NPR's Shots health blog.It can also show up in the turkey meat on the table in trace amounts.es, that arsenic, the deadly poison, which can control stomach bugs in turkeys and fatten them up, explains NPR's Shots health blog. It can also show up in the turkey meat on the table in trace amounts.
It is the most common crosswalk system used by major payors and CMS. On their update, effective July 1, 2011, Ingenix crosswalk for CPT code 43775 will have added Modifier 80. Definition of modifier 80: Surgical assistant services may be identified by adding modifier 80 to the usual procedure number(s).
Proper Billing of the Same Surgical Procedure Code Multiple Times on the Same Day. WPS Medicare does not recognize Modifier 76 for surgery codes.To properly report the performance of multiple instances of the same surgical procedure code on the same day by the same provider, review the description of the procedure code.or example, code XXXXX performed a total of three times on mm-dd-yyyy.. We are aware that some providers inappropriately append Modifier 59 to indicate a distinct procedure was performed when a surgical procedure is performed multiple times on the same day by the same provider for the same Medicare beneficiary.