Cmdella
New
Hi all,
I need some help with co-surgeon billing. Our orthopedic doctors have been doing surgeries together and want me to bill them as co-surgeons. I was under the impression that co-surgeons have to be of different specialties. One of my docs thinks it's ok if they have different subspecialties but I can't find any documentation to back that up. I feel like I'm finding conflicting information.
For example, if two of my docs perform an Achilles repair (27650) on the same patient, same site, same session, do they each have to perform a different part of the procedure? Can surgeons of the same specialty bill as co-surgeons?
Any help is appreciated.
I need some help with co-surgeon billing. Our orthopedic doctors have been doing surgeries together and want me to bill them as co-surgeons. I was under the impression that co-surgeons have to be of different specialties. One of my docs thinks it's ok if they have different subspecialties but I can't find any documentation to back that up. I feel like I'm finding conflicting information.
For example, if two of my docs perform an Achilles repair (27650) on the same patient, same site, same session, do they each have to perform a different part of the procedure? Can surgeons of the same specialty bill as co-surgeons?
Any help is appreciated.