tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2000 Issue 3

Reader Question: Bill Co-surgery Correctly With Modifier -62

Question: The operation was clipping of an ICA aneurysm in the circle of Willis by a neurosurgeon with carotid decompression in the neck by a general surgeon. Each surgeon has dictated his own operative report. Is it correct to code 61700-62 for each surgeon?Ella Flores, CoderKern Faculty Medical Group, Bakersfield, Calif.Answer: Yes. According to Medicare, co-surgery is allowed for code 61700 (surgery of intracranial aneurysm, intracranial approach; carotid circulation), so it is correct for both physicians to bill the same procedure with modifier -62 (two surgeons) attached and to write separate operative reports, says Terry Fletcher, BS...

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