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Tackle PEG Tube Co-Surgeon Challenges Using Modifier 62

Published on Fri Mar 26, 2010

Don't fall into the trap of always using modifier 80. When your gastroenterologist works with another doctor during a procedure, you could be in for major coding challenges. You will need to coordinate your coding with the other physician's coder. If you don't, both doctors could lose money and face audit scrutiny. Learn about how to correctly code for procedures shared by two physicians with this real-world case study. Review the Surgical Case Scenario: A gastroenterologist and a general surgeon performed surgery on a patient. Both physicians worked together on the same procedure. The gastroenterologist performed an endoscopy to locate the correct position along the stomach wall for placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. The general surgeon made an incision at the same position into the wall of the stomach and used a retention disk to put the PEG tube in place and secure it. Both physicians are [...]
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