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Medicare Part B’s advance beneficiary notice

Chiropractic Economics

This modifier, when appended to a chiropractic manipulative treatment (CMT) code, denotes an adjustment was performed, and the provider “certifies” the service was active treatment and not maintenance care. This is because, by definition, any service other than spinal manipulation is never covered when ordered or delivered by a DC.