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Physician's Assistant

Date: Jul 27, 2014

Question:

The physician's assistant performs the entire procedure. The vascular surgeon, who provided general supervision via the phone, dictates the report. What wording should be used by the vascular surgeon in the body of the operative report to indicate that he provided general supervision and that the physician's assistant performed the entire procedure? Also can you provide guidance to how the vascular surgeon should bill for the physician component in these types of cases?

Question ID : 5853
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