R 418.10416 Assistant surgeon.

Rule 416. (1) The carrier shall reimburse for an assistant surgeon service for those surgical procedures designated by CMS as allowing additional reimbursement for a surgical assistant. The surgical procedures allowing reimbursement for an assistant surgeon shall be provided separate from these rules on the agency website, www.michigan.gov/wca. (2) Any of the following may bill assistant surgeon services using modifier -80: (a) A doctor of dental surgery. (b) A doctor of osteopathy. (c) A doctor of medicine. (d) A doctor of podiatry. (3) A physician's assistant or an advanced practice nurse with a specialty licensure certification issued by the state may bill assistant surgeon services using modifier -81.