tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2010 Issue 11

Mind your Modifiers: 62 Is Your Ticket for Clean Co-surgeon Claims

Match up surgeon claims or risk missed payment. Watch your surgeon's op note for second surgeon signs -- did another surgeon assist with approach or closure, for instance? If so, you'll have to take some additional steps to gain fair payment. Look to Modifier 62 for Co-Surgeons When two surgeons work together to perform distinct portions of a procedure CPT identifies with a single reportable code, you'll need to access modifier 62 (Two surgeons). Suppose a neurosurgeon performs an anterior approach arthrodesis, and requests a general surgeon to expose the surgical area and close the patient following the procedure...

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