Dr G Was Asked to Provide a Cardiology Consultation in the Emergency

Multiple Choice

Dr. G was asked to provide a cardiology consultation in the emergency department for a patient who was experiencing atrial fibrillation. Dr. G determined that the patient needed to have a dual-chamber pacemaker inserted, and he scheduled the patient to have this procedure on the following morning. To correctly code the outpatient consultation visit in the ED, which of the following modifiers needs to be appended?

A) Modifier 57
B) Modifier 51
C) Modifier 58
D) Modifier 24