Modifier definition

Modifier means a two-character code that is added to the procedure code to indicate the type of service performed. The modifier allows the reporting hospital to indicate that a performed service or procedure has been altered by some specific circumstance. The modifier may affect payment or may be used for information only.
Modifier means a person who reworks, changes, or adds to products, wares, or articles of manufacture.
Modifier means a reporting component, which indicates when a service or procedure was performed in an altered manner that necessitates a change in fee from the schedule rate, but not a change in procedure code.

Examples of Modifier in a sentence

  • Trunk groups configured for 64CCC and carrying Circuit Switched Data (CSD) ISDN calls shall carry the appropriate Trunk Type Modifier in the CLCI-Message code.

  • Trunk groups configured for 64CCC and not used to carry CSD ISDN calls shall carry a different appropriate Trunk Type Modifier in the CLCI-Message code.

  • Any non-Customer Obvious Error exceeding 50 contracts will be subject to the Size Adjustment Modifier defined in subparagraph (a)(4) above.

  • For purposes of this Rule, the Size Adjustment Modifier will be applied to individual transactions as follows: (b) Theoretical Price.

  • Appropriate modifiers from the Modifier table must be submitted for reimbursement purposes, but are not required for prior authorization.Independently enrolled RNs or LVNs must include modifier U3 along with TD or TE for reimbursement purposes.


More Definitions of Modifier

Modifier means a two-digit alphabetic and/or numeric identifier that is added to the procedure code to indi- cate the type of service performed. The modifier provides the means by which the reporting hospital can describe or indi- cate that a performed service or procedure has been altered by some specific circumstance but not changed in its definition or code. The modifier can affect payment or be used for infor- mation only. Modifiers are listed in fee schedules.
Modifier means a reporting indicator used in conjunction with a CPT code to denote that a medical service or procedure that has been performed has been altered by a specific circumstance while remaining unchanged in its definition or CPT code.
Modifier means a four-character code that a Medical Practitioner can add to a regular Service Code to indicate a service or Procedure that has been altered by special circumstance, but for which the basic code description itself has not changed. A Modifier can be used when a Procedure has been increased or reduced, where only part of a Procedure was performed, where a Procedure was performed more than once, when a Procedure was performed by more than one Medical Practitioner (for example, with an assistant) and the physical status of a patient for the administration of anaesthesia;
Modifier means a two-character code that is added to the procedure code to indicate the type of service performed. The modifier allows the reporting hospital to indicate that a performed service or
Modifier means the applicable Regional Secondary Locator and may also include a suffix in accordance with note (d) to this Licence;
Modifier means a person who reworks, changes, or adds to products, wares, or articles
Modifier means a reporting indicator used in conjunction with a CPT code to denote