P Modifiers
- Bart Rogacewicz
P1 | A normal healthy patient |
P2 | A patient with mild systemic disease |
P3 | A patient with severe systemic disease |
P4 | A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life |
P5 | A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation |
P6 | A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes |
PA | Surgical or other invasive procedure on wrong body part |
PB | Surgical or other invasive procedure on wrong patient |
PC | Wrong surgery or other invasive procedure on patient |
PD | Diagnostic or related non diagnostic item or service provided in a wholly owned or operated entity to a patient who is admitted as an inpatient within 3 days |
PI | Positron emission tomography (pet) or pet/computed tomography (ct) to inform the initial treatment strategy of tumors that are biopsy proven or strongly suspected of being cancerous based on other diagnostic testing |
PL | Progressive addition lenses |
PM | Post mortem |
PN | Non-excepted service provided at an off-campus, outpatient, provider-based department of a hospital |
PO | Excepted service provided at an off-campus, outpatient, provider-based department of a hospital |
PS | Positron emission tomography (pet) or pet/computed tomography (ct) to inform the subsequent treatment strategy of cancerous tumors when the beneficiary's treating physician determines that the pet study is needed to inform subsequent anti-tumor strategy |
PT | Colorectal cancer screening test; converted to diagnostic test or other procedure |