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Know How to Code Surgical Teams Correctly

Published on Wed Apr 30, 2025

Know when to use the co-surgeon, assistant-at-surgery, and surgical team modifiers. Over the last few years, there have been line items on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) Work Plan related to co-surgeon and assistant surgeon procedures. In a report from November 2022, the OIG performed a review of 100 sample services and found a 69 percent error rate: [...]
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