tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 30

Part B Revenue Booster: Failure to Differentiate Co-Surgery From Assistant Surgery Could Cost You Thousands

Hint: Separate op notes can help you tell the difference. Our physician performs a procedure so complex that it requires a second set of hands—so do you report co-surgery or assistant surgery for the service? If you don’t know the difference, you could be shorting your practice money—or collecting too much. Consider the following quick tips straight from Medicare’s regulations to ensure that you’re reporting these services properly. What is co-surgery? “Co-surgery refers to a single surgical procedure which requires the skill of two surgeons, each in a different specialty, performing parts of...

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