(Newser) â Here's a fun fact to throw around the Thanksgiving table: Lots of turkey farms use arsenic in their feed. Yes, that arsenic, the deadly poison, which can control stomach bugs in turkeys and fatten them up, explains NPR's Shots health blog.It can also show up in the turkey meat on the table in trace amounts.es, that arsenic, the deadly poison, which can control stomach bugs in turkeys and fatten them up, explains NPR's Shots health blog. It can also show up in the turkey meat on the table in trace amounts.
It is the most common crosswalk system used by major payors and CMS. On their update, effective July 1, 2011, Ingenix crosswalk for CPT code 43775 will have added Modifier 80. Definition of modifier 80: Surgical assistant services may be identified by adding modifier 80 to the usual procedure number(s).
BILLING/CODING INFORMATION: Modifier -62 (Two surgeons/co-surgeons) is used to denote when two surgeons act as primary surgeons during the same operative procedure or session for the same individual because of the complexity of the procedure and/or the patientâs condition.n such cases, the operative report must reflect the necessity of two primary surgeons with the same skills. Each of the two surgeons should submit the same procedure code that represents the entire surgical procedure appended with modifier -62. Each surgeon must dictate an operative note.