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HCPCS Modifier PB

Official Description

Surgical or other invasive procedure on wrong patient

Short Descr	Surgery, wrong patient
Medium Descr	Surgery, wrong patient
Coverage	Not payable by Medicare
Added Date	7/1/2009

Modifiers

P1-PT P Modifiers

P1 Normal healthy patient

P2 Patient w/mild syst disease

P3 Patient w/severe sys disease

P4 Pt w/sev sys dis threat life

P5 Pt not expect surv w/o oper

P6 Brain-dead pt organs removed

PA Surgery, wrong body part

PB Surgery, wrong patient

PC Wrong surgery on patient

PD Inp admit w/in 3 days

PL Progressive addition lenses

PM Post mortem

PN Non-excepted off-campus svc

PO Excepted off-campus service

PT Clrctal screen to diagn

Date	Action	Notes
2009-07-01	Added	-

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