maddalynni
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Hello,
A patient presented in the ED 34 weeks pregnant. It was determined she had internal bleeding. The OB doctor started a c-section with a general surgeon present, the baby was delivered while the general surgeon contained the bleeding. It was determined that the patient had a ruptured splenic artery so a vascular surgeon stood by and after the baby was delivered, he repaired the splenic artery and did a splenectomy. The general surgeon was listed as a co-surgeon for the c-section and the repair of the artery and splenectomy. Will a modifier 62 be used for all surgeons with appropriate procedure codes and will the general surgeon be billing for both surgeries assuming proper documentation is established? All co-surgeons have to do their own procedure note for their part of the surgeries, correct?
A patient presented in the ED 34 weeks pregnant. It was determined she had internal bleeding. The OB doctor started a c-section with a general surgeon present, the baby was delivered while the general surgeon contained the bleeding. It was determined that the patient had a ruptured splenic artery so a vascular surgeon stood by and after the baby was delivered, he repaired the splenic artery and did a splenectomy. The general surgeon was listed as a co-surgeon for the c-section and the repair of the artery and splenectomy. Will a modifier 62 be used for all surgeons with appropriate procedure codes and will the general surgeon be billing for both surgeries assuming proper documentation is established? All co-surgeons have to do their own procedure note for their part of the surgeries, correct?