Gastroenterology Coding Alert

Your CPT should jive on both physician's notes, or else you can bid your claim goodbye.When you come face-to-face with a multi-provider situation, the last thing you would want is to mess up your coding by assigning the wrong modifier(s). Modifiers can be a friend or a foe, depending on how you use them -- or when you use them.Scenario: Gastroenterologist X is the primary caregiver for a patient with severe weight loss. He goes to the hospital to meet the patient, who is weak from starvation. With the help of Gastro Y, Gastro X inserts a PEG tube.The main key in a multi-provider scenario is to treat each physician's work as a separate activity. However, deciding when to report a case as co-surgery, assistant surgery -- or something else --" has more to it than meets the eye. Find out what with this expert's advice.Modifier 62, 81, 82 and the [...]