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Assistant Surgeon

Date: Sep 19, 2022

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Can you please help me figure out this case. How can I capture the work for the pediatric interventionist who is helping another provider during difficult cases of balloon angioplasty (92990) or pulmonary artery stent? Is it possible to report the service the main code with modifier -80 or -82?

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