Reduced Service
-52 Reduced Service
Just as the unusual services modifier (-22) is used to denote abnormally difficult or time-consuming procedures, the reduced service modifier -52 or 09952 signifies the opposite: that a procedure was reduced or eliminated in part.
For example, consider the physician who removes a coccygeal pressure ulcer and performs a coccygectomy but does not use a primary suture or skin flap closure. (The physician wants to continue cleansing the wound for a period of time before closing.) The proper way to report the procedure would be:ICD 10 training online will teach how to do medical coding and billing by icd 10
