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Incorporate Non-OR Complication Treatment into Global Surgery Payment

Published on Thu Apr 05, 2018

Question: We have a patient who returned for a consultation for an infected incision site 10 days following a L3-L4 laminectomy for spinal stenosis. Are we allowed to bill this out as a complication of the initial procedure? Michigan Subscriber Answer: According to Medicare's Global Surgery Booklet, there are numerous services which a coder should consider an inclusive component of [...]
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