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    Wiki Co-surgeon questions

    I think I have a two fold question. I was under the impression true co-surgery was only performed when two surgeons of different specialty's perform components of the same surgical code. Our providers will occasionally assist each other on more difficult cases, all our providers are of the same...
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    Wiki Billing initial inpatient admissions from same specialty

    Can you bill an initial inpatient admission code when an attending provider from the same specialty of the admitting provider sees the patient? (Does this vary per insurance carrier?) Example: Dr. John from urology admits the patient (via order) at 1pm after the resident sees the patient. Dr...
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