CPT Knowledgebase - Mar 14, 2007

When our doctor is the primary surgeon, and an assistant surgeon is required to perform this procedure (assistant surgeon observes nerves). How should each surgeon bill this procedure? I see there's an assistant surgeon's modifier (80), but there isn't a modifier for primary surgeon.

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