AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 10 (October)

Maternity Care and Delivery, 59510, 59514 (Q&A) (October 1996)

October 1996 page 10c Coding Consultation Maternity Care and Delivery, 59510, 59514 (Q&A) Question A third-party payor informed me that the correct method of coding a surgery assist on a Cesarean section delivery is to code 59510, Routine obstetric care including antepartum care, cesarean delivery, and postpartum care (the -80 modifier appended for the assist). I have always used 59514-80, Cesarean delivery only. Which would be the correct method of coding for the assistant surgeons services? AMA Comment If the physician assists in the delivery but does not provide any of the antepartum or postpartum services, it would...

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