NC · guidance
N.C. Medicaid Clinical Coverage Policy No. 3D, Attachment A(D)
Modifiers
Providers shall follow applicable modifier guidelines.
Post-Mortem Visits (PM): Visits reporting that occur on the date of death and after the patient has
expired. Includes Hospice-employed nurses, aides, social workers and therapists; regardless of
level of care, or site of service.
Billing
Code appropriate visit revenue code + HCPCS for the discipline + PM Modifier + Units of 15
minutes increments + Charges + Service date.
Note: Visits subsequent to date of death are not reported using the PM modifier. Date of date is
defined as the date of expiration reported on the official Certificate of Death. Hospice shall report
hospice visits that occur before the date of death on a separate claim line from those which occur
after date of death.
Provenance
- Source
- medicaid.ncdhhs.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- ccp-3d-2024-03-15
- Content hash
703ecfef75560388e5ce15ed5b24a57154fae580d256c361819bc436bdf21736
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