PPT-Modifiers- Navigating the Modifier Maze

IHIMA Annual Meeting May 9 2016 Objectives Understand the need and the appropriate use of modifiers Grasp the impact modifiers have on appropriate reimbursement Acknowledge the risk of improper use of modifiers. Modifier 51 Multiple Procedures:use Modifier 51to indicate that multiple procedures (other than E/M) were performed at the same session Use modifier 51 on the second and subsequent operative procedure Mini-Lesson #48. UWF Writing Lab. What is a Dangling Modifier. A . dangling modifier. . is created when the noun or idea being modified is left out of the sentence. The modified term must be openly provided in the sentence. Knowing intuitively what is being modified does not make a correct sentence.. In plain English. . . . What is a dangling modifier?. Modifiers are words or phrases that describe or change a part of a sentence. . Modifiers dangle when it’s not clear what they describe. . Example:. “Understanding Space”. Activator. What’s wrong with this picture?. Guided Questions. What’s wrong with this picture?. What’s wrong with this sentence?. How can we re-write it correctly?. Activator. double privation and multiply modified . artefact properties. Tutorial in two parts. Deparment of Computer Science. Technical University of Ostrava. 26 February & 1 March 2013. Bjørn . Jespersen. What are Modifiers?. Modifiers are words or phrases that give a bit more information about a subject being described.. Modifiers help make writing more vivid and interesting to read.. BUT: There are some things to look out for when using them…. NEC FACET Center. What is a Modifier?. A word or groups of words that describes, limits, or qualifies the meaning of another word of phrase.. Modifiers can be a word, a phrase, or a clause.. For example:. NINDA. What's a dangling modifier?. A MODIFIER IS A WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE THAT ADD DESCRIPTION TO THINGS.. A DANGLING MODIFIER IS WHEN YOUR MODIFIERS HAVE NO SUBJECT.. "hungry, the cake was eaten" <-- no subject. Andrea Lunsford. Everyday Writer. Misplaced modifiers. Keep modifiers close to words they modify.. She teaches a seminar this term . on voodoo . at Skyline College.. She teaches a seminar this term on voodoo at Skyline College.. Looking under the bed, my birthday gift was spotted. .. -Looking . under the bed, I spotted my birthday gift. .. Wrapped . in silver foil, I ate my hamburger. . . -I . ate my hamburger that had been wrapped in silver foil. Presented by:. Pat Cox. , COC, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, . CEMC. Lisa Deel, CPC, CEMC, COBGC. Denise Taylor, CPC, CEMC, CGSC. Modifier 22. Increased Procedural Services. Modifier 22. Use this modifier when the work required to provide a service is substantially greater than typically required.. Insert the word . only. in any of the eight positions to get eight different meanings. 3. “In addition to being ugly and inappropriate, the students often make grammatical errors on their signs.”. Let’s get this right!. Julie Hall, Director. Jon Menard, Manager MAPAM Meeting. Consulting Division April 20, 2017. Why are Modifiers Needed? . Modifiers provide additional information in relation to how the procedure was performed, where the procedure was performed and why the procedure was performed.. What Are Modifiers. ?. Modifiers are two digit codes appended to a CPT code. that indicates that a service or procedure has. been altered by a specific circumstance, but. has not changed in its basic definition.