Reimbursement policy update: Ambulance Transportation – Professional

Beginning with dates of service on or after June 1, 2024, the Related Coding section of Anthem’s Ambulance Transportation – Professional reimbursement policy will be updated to specify that Modifier X, which is used to indicate an intermediate stop at the physician’s office enroute to a hospital, will only apply as a destination modifier.

Modifier X should only be used as a destination code in the second position of the modifier designated field.

For specific policy details, visit the following reimbursement policy page at anthem.com/provider.