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Assistant Surgeon:

Sort Out 3 Modifier Choices for Clean 'Assistant' Claims

Published on Fri Dec 14, 2018

Count on ‘80’ as your work horse. However, complicated an op report might seem when you’re coding a general surgery case, adding an assistant surgeon to the mix will always make it even more thorny. Let our experts come to the rescue with the following tutorial on coding modifier 80 (Assistant surgeon) claims and more. Understand Rational for an Assistant [...]
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