PFS Assistant Surgery Descriptions

Fee schedule amount equals 16 percent of amount otherwise applicable for surgical payment.

Usage

switch_assistant_surgery(x)

Arguments

x

vector of Assistant Surgery indicators

Value

vector of Assistant Surgery descriptions

Details

Modifiers:

• 80: Assistance by Another Physician

• 81: Minimal Assistance by a Another Physician

• 82: Assistance by Another Physician when Qualified Resident Surgeon Unavailable

• AS: Non-Physician Assistant at Surgery

Physician Assistant-at-surgery Services

Allowed at 85% of MPFS and then 16% of that amount is allowed for Assistant-at-surgery

See also

Other PFS Helpers: switch_bilateral_surgery(), switch_co_surgeon(), switch_diagnostic_imaging(), switch_global_days(), switch_multiple_procedure(), switch_opps_indicator(), switch_pctc_indicator(), switch_status_description(), switch_status_name(), switch_supervision(), switch_team_surgery()

Examples

switch_assistant_surgery(as.character(0:9))
#>  [1] "Payment Restriction unless Medical Necessity documentation submitted"
#>  [2] "Payment Restriction; Assistant cannot be paid"                       
#>  [3] "No Payment Restriction; Assistant can be paid"                       
#>  [4] NA                                                                    
#>  [5] NA                                                                    
#>  [6] NA                                                                    
#>  [7] NA                                                                    
#>  [8] NA                                                                    
#>  [9] NA                                                                    
#> [10] "Concept does not apply"