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Wiki trocar placement

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I have a physician that came into the operating room and placed trocars for another doctor and then left. Is this billable? I cannot find a CPT code for this at all.
 
To my knowledge, there is no code for placing the trocars as it is part of the surgery.
Just placing the trocars does not rise to the level of co-surgeons. Perhaps as an assist???
 
Trocars are placed for laparoscopic procedures. This is part of the procedure and not separately billable.

Most practices have internal agreements regarding reimbursement when one provider starts a case and another finishes it.
 
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