Hi Michelle,
In your book covering midigiers you show modifiers that must be placed in the first modigier field, the physician I bill for has in house radiology and also reads his own xrays, I bill all xrays with the modifier 26 then TC is this correct? because they are both noted to be placed as in the first modifier field? Also we are in a health professional shortage area, for the modifiers on an E & M visit would I enter 26 first then AQ ? My understanding is the AQ is only used on the E& M codes, is this correct ?