Wiki assistant surgeon denials

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Does anyone have a list of codes that are not approved for assistant surgeons?

If not, can anyone tell me if 27412 is payable for an assistant surgeon.

Thanks:

 

[Donna T]

If you go onto the Medicare website and pull up the physician fee schedule you can put in the CPT code and it will tell you if that particular code allows for an assistant surgeon. CPT code 27412 does allow for an assistant surgeon. Just make sure you use the correct modifiers AS/80, AS/81 or AS/82 when you are billing. Hope that is helpful to you.

http://www.cms.gov/apps/physician-f...h-results.aspx?Y=2&T=4&HT=0&CT=0&H1=27412&M=1