Answers
Plain-language answers for surgical assistants and first-assist services, grounded in the 17,926 assistant disputes in the 2023 through 2025 public use files.
The surgical assistant IDR record
17,926 disputes, an 89.8 percent win rate, $12,203 median awards, and a claim type almost nobody files.
Read the answerCan surgical assistants use IDR?
Waivers can never reach an assist line: the statute's list, who counts as an assistant, and the misapplied-denial pattern.
Read the answerAssistant billing and IDR
Modifiers, percentage benchmarks, and batching: the mechanics of turning assist lines into decided awards.
Read the answerFor questions beyond this site, such as which claims are eligible or how the arbitration itself unfolds, see the Lido IDR answers library. The full dispute record is explorable at idrexplorer.com.
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