tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 8

Modifiers: When 2 Surgeons Collaborate, Make Sure To Communicate

How to handle fear of the -62 modifierIt strikes terror into physicians' hearts and slashes at their bottom lines. Surgeons will go to great lengths to avoid the dreaded -62 modifier. But there are ways to minimize the pain, say experts. Communication is the key to avoiding mistakes, says Marcella Bucknam, HIM coordinator with Clarkson College in Omaha, NE. "When there's a plan to do a procedure that's going to involve two surgeons, [it's] really valuable if the offices talk to each other before the procedure takes place." These procedures can include craniectomy, craniotomy, or spine surgeries...

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