tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 31
Part B Payment: CMS Offers Great News With Fee Schedule Changes
Boost co-surgery, multiple surgery, and bilateral surgery pay for these select procedures.You'll no longer have to eat the cost of your services if your physician acts as co-surgeon on some laparascopic procedures, thanks to several Medicare Physician Fee Schedule changes that CMS recently enacted. CMS offered up the following good news in Transmittal 2276, dated Aug. 19, 2011.Look for Potential Co-Surgery Payment for These CodesCMS will change the co-surgery indicator for hand surgery code 26989 (Unlisted procedure, hands or fingers) from "0" (Co-surgeons not permitted) to "1" (Co-surgeons could be paid, supporting documentation required to establish medical...
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