tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 1

Reader Question: Clarify Teaching Physician Claims

Question: Our surgeon sometimes has a resident assist in surgery at a teaching hospital. Should we use modifier GC with the surgical code, or is that modifier only for E/M services? Georgia Subscriber Answer: Modifier GC (This service has been performed in part by a resident under the direction of a teaching physician) is viable for surgical codes as well as E/M codes, when appropriate. That means you should append modifier GC to the surgical procedure code when a resident assists your surgeon in a teaching hospital. Learn TP rules: When your surgeon works as a “teaching physician&rdquo...

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