Christacara
New
A neurosurgeon in my office commonly does co-surgeries with another specialty office. During these co-surgeries the two co-surgeons surgeons work together on one primary procedure and then our neurosurgeon and assistant surgeon finish the rest of the surgery together. So far all of our assistant surgeon claims have been denied as they all have add-on codes and no primary procedure. I am confused on how to correctly code for my assistant surgeon's portion of the surgery since I cannot code the assistant surgeon on the only primary procedure code. Here is a breakdown of what is coded.
Primary Surgeon; 22558-62, 22585, 22853, 20937 Assistant Surgeon; 22585-AS, 22853-AS, 20937-AS
Primary Surgeon; 22558-62, 22585, 22853, 20937 Assistant Surgeon; 22585-AS, 22853-AS, 20937-AS