Question

Ben Carter, surgical resident, assists Dr. Wells, chief cardiologist, in a coronary artery bypass procedure due to coronary arteriosclerosis of a native artery. What modifier would be submitted to report Ben's services in the teaching hospital?

Modifier:

ICD-10-CM code:

ICD-9-CM code:

Answer 1

Modifier:
80: This CPT (Current Procedure Terminology ) modifier denotes assistant surgeon who delivers complete assistance to the primary surgeon during surgical procedure.
ICD-10-CM
Code: 125.10 : International classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is an authorized system to classify and code a wide variety of diseases, symptoms and procedures documented along with care at hospital.
As per ICD-10-CM, the diagnostic code 125.10 denotes atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery without angina pectoris.
ICD-9-CM
Code:414.00 :ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification) Diagnosis Code 414.00 is used to represent coronary atherosclerosis of unspecified type of vessel, native or graft.