Dermatology Coding Alert
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Published on Tue Jun 14, 2005 
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Put down that fee schedule - here's a one-stop resource for the 'assistant at surgery' status of some common dermatology codes
Flipping though the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for advice every time you suspect your physician performs an assisted surgical procedure can be tiresome, so refer to our handy reference chart to help you determine which dermatology-specific codes you can bill with modifiers 80, 81, 82, or AS - and which you can't.
We've broken down the codes according to whether the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule lists them with a "0," "1" or "2" indicator, with the definitions: 
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