I have surgeons who supervise NPP's to include NPP's making hospital rounds. The NPP's will see the patient and after discussing visit with surgeon a decision for surgery will be made. The surgeon never goes in and sees the patient face-to-face on the visit where decision for surgery is made. Is it proper to bill the NPP's E/M visit with a -57 modifier? I have looked at numerous resources and everything refers to "physician".
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?