CPC · Question #47
A 47-year-old female presents to the operating room for a partial corpectomy on one upper thoracic vertebral body, T3. Two surgeons are performing the surgery. One surgeon performs the transthoracic…
The correct answer is B. 63087-62, 63088-62. For this scenario, two surgeons are working together, each as a primary surgeon. Therefore, the correct coding requires the use of the modifier -62, which indicates co-surgeons. The transthoracic approach to excise the damaged portion of the vertebral body is coded with The…
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A 47-year-old female presents to the operating room for a partial corpectomy on one upper thoracic vertebral body, T3. Two surgeons are performing the surgery. One surgeon performs the transthoracic approach and excises the damaged portion of the vertebral body. The second surgeon inserts a bone graft into the vertebral gap, closing the gap, and inserts a metal plate. Both surgeons work together, each as a primary surgeon. How does each surgeon report their portion of the surgery?
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- A63090-66, 63091-66
- B63087-62, 63088-62
- C63090-80, 63091-80
- D63085-62, 63086-62
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A23% (7)
- B57% (17)
- C7% (2)
- D13% (4)
Explanation
For this scenario, two surgeons are working together, each as a primary surgeon. Therefore, the correct coding requires the use of the modifier -62, which indicates co-surgeons. The transthoracic approach to excise the damaged portion of the vertebral body is coded with The insertion of the bone graft and metal plate is coded with 63088. Both codes are appended with modifier -62 to indicate that two surgeons worked together as primary surgeons on this case.
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