Karen A.
Networker
Which is the proper billing for an assistant surgeon? My OB/GYN's like to asisst each other, so we bill alot of surgery assists. Say the primary surgeon fee was $2000. My office has historically billed assistant surgeon at 1/2 the amount of the primary surgeon and attached a modifer -80 to the assistant. So we are billing primary surgeon at $2000. and the assist surgeon at $1000. with -80 attached. Is this proper? Should be we billing the same fee for the primary surgeon and the assistant surgeon with -80 attached to the assistant?
thanks in advance for your reply's.
thanks in advance for your reply's.