Assistant / Co- / Team-Surgeon Payment

Co-surgeon / assistant / team payment: the allowed percentage of the primary fee for the surgical role, gated by the MPFS multi-surgeon indicator.

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Example

Primary fee-schedule amount: 2000 $
Surgical role: Assistant at surgery (modifier 80/81/82, or AS) -- 16%
Multi-surgeon indicator: 2

Result: Assistant at surgery: 16% of the fee = $320.00 allowed.

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What you enter

Primary fee-schedule amount
Surgical role: assistant surgeon, co-surgeon (62), or team surgeon (66)
Multi-surgeon indicator (0, 1, 2, or 9)

How this is calculated

CMS Pub. 100-04, Ch. 12 20.4.3 and 40.8; MPFS ASST SURG / CO SURG / TEAM SURG indicators. Assistant at surgery (mod 80/81/82/AS) = 16% of the fee; co-surgeon (mod 62) = 62.5% to each; team surgeon (mod 66) = by report. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.