6. Arsenic and Other Feed Additives. Like antibiotics, arsenic has been routinely used in turkey and other livestock feed to prevent disease, increase feed efficiency and promote growth. Last month, the FDA announced it was rescinding three of four arsenic products that few even knew were used in turkey production.ith Thanksgiving days away, U.S. turkey growers are probably relieved that no arsenic, salmonella or cruelty stories have yet surfaced like they have in other years. But that doesn't mean the turkey on your holiday table is exactly wholesome.
This modifier is used only for the professional component (physician) of a service or a procedure. Certain procedures are a combination of both professional and technical component. By using modifier 26, it indicates that procedure being reported as professional component only. Professional Component versus the Technical Component.
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) defines modifier 25 as âsignificant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician on the same day of the procedure or other service.â Modifier â25 was appr oved for hospital outpatient use effective June 5, 2000.elow are general guidelines in reporting modifiers â25 and â27 under the hospital OPPS. General Guidelines for Modifier â25 A. Modifier â25 should be appended only to evaluation and management (E/M) service codes within the range of 92002-92014, 99201-99499, and with HCPCS codes G0101 and G0175.