Wiki 2 co surgeons and 1 assitant

[kmiller177]

In a free flap surgery- Provider 1 harvests a free flap and passes it up to Provider 2 for reconstruction. Provider 1 also has an assistant help him with the harvest. Can Providers 1 and 2 bill with a 62 and the assistant bill with an 82? There seems to be some debate in my group on this. Thank you!

 

[daniel]

Yes. But what makes me pause, is are they doing the same procedure? Free flaps are usually in the range 15733-15738 range. Then the reconstruction is usually a different procedure. So if your saying that, YES. They are both doing and completing CPT 15733-15738 with an assist.

Go for it, but check if they take a 80/82. Think one or two doesn't.

So you'd code would look like.

CPT 157XX.62 Doc. 1
CPT 157XX.62 Doc. 2
CPT 157XX.80/82. Assistant.