AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 1 (January)

Radiation Oncology, 77761 (Q&A) (January 1996)

January 1996 page 7d Coding Consultation Radiation Oncology, 77761 (Q&A) Question If the application of radioelements for brachytherapy requires the skills of a surgeon (eg, bronchoscopy for brachy-catheter placement) in addition to the skills of a radiation oncologist, and there are no specific codes available for each physician's service, how should each physician report his/her service? AMA Comment The appropriate intracavitary radioelement application code (eg, 77761) should be reported, with modifier -62 appended. This would be considered a cosurgery, with the surgeon performing the placement as well as the radiation oncologist reporting the same procedure code with modifier...

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