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Correction:

Make the Primary vs. Assistant Surgeon Distinction

Published on Tue Dec 18, 2012

    Correction: Make the Primary vs. Assistant Surgeon Distinction




In Urology Coding Alert Vol. 14, No. 12, there was an incorrect answer printed to reader question "Make the Primary vs. Assistant Surgeon Distinction." We apologize for the misprint. The correct answer is as follows: Question: I’d appreciate some help with how to bill for the following scenario for a patient with a vena cava thrombus during a kidney removal: Physician A and an assistant physician B, both in the same group, performed an open radical nephrectomy without taking regional lymph nodes. A vascular surgeon was called in to help with the evacuation of vena cava thrombus, which he performed with the assistance of physician A. Because the vascular surgeon is new to this area and is not credentialed, he will not be billing for his portion of the procedure. Tennessee [...]
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