(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).
The 24 modifier is appropriate because the E/M service is unrelated and during the postoperative period of the major surgery. The 25 modifier is necessary to identify that the minor surgery/procedure performed on the same day is separately identifiable from the E/M service.In addition, the minor surgery procedure code may need a 79 modifier to indicate the procedure is not related to the major surgery. Use Modifier 25 with the appropriate level of E/M service. 2  The procedure performed has a global period listed on the Medicare Fee Schedule Relative Value File.