tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 18

Part B Revenue Booster: Differentiate Co-Surgery From Assistant Surgery or Risk Thousands

Hint: Be vigilant when reading the op notes. Complex procedures sometimes require a second set of hands. When reporting co-surgery or assistant surgery for a service, you must read the notes carefully to avoid shorting your practice money — or collecting too much. Consider the following quick tips straight from Medicare’s regulations to ensure that you’re reporting these services properly. What is co-surgery? “Co-surgery refers to a single surgical procedure which requires the skill of two surgeons, each in a different specialty, performing parts of the same procedure simultaneously,” CMS’s Transmittal 1781 says. &ldquo...

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