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CPT® 59515, Under Cesarean Delivery Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 59515 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Cesarean Delivery Procedures.

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In this global service, the provider provides admission to the hospital for cesarean delivery of the fetus and placenta via an abdominal incision, and inpatient and outpatient postpartum care. Typical postpartum care ends after one or more outpatient visits up to six weeks following delivery.

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Documentation Requirement for Assistant at C/S
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 478761, member: 5404"] I agree with the above, I have not seen payers enforce a requirement for specific documentation for an assistant or deny assistant claims due to specif... [ Read More ]
cpt code 59515
59515 is for the actual c section + postpartum care- I bill this on DOS of c section... [ Read More ]
cpt code 59515
This is the description I found from the ACGOG "For reimbursement of the delivery and postpartum care codes, the provider or provider group practice must render, at a minimum, both the delivery and at... [ Read More ]
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What is the date of service reference to bill out 59515, the date of the first post partum visit?? Our organization, when appropriate, bills out 59430 when the global package is broken up, we never bi... [ Read More ]
Hysterectomy after assist at C-section
59525 Subtotal or total hysterectomy after cesarean delivery (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) Notes: (Use 59525 in conjunction w... [ Read More ]
Postpartum only 59430
59430 gets billed once per patient (if not billed global) for all postpartum care. Please note from above: Typical postpartum care includes ONGOING EVALUATION.... It can be one or more visits. If y... [ Read More ]
Bill Cercalge removal same day as delivery?
[QUOTE="SharonCollachi, post: 478014, member: 654943"] Was it done under general anesthesia? If not, it is usually included in the delivery. Here is a common coverage policy: [INDENT]The following ... [ Read More ]
Bill Cercalge removal same day as delivery?
Was it done under general anesthesia? If not, it is usually included in the delivery. Here is a common coverage policy: [INDENT]The following services are considered an integral part of a vaginal d... [ Read More ]
First pregnancy c section
For data analysis (and there is room for error if previous claims were coded incorrectly), filter claims or cases with CPTs 59510, 59514,59515 and dx O34.211 or O34.219 and back into it to extract the... [ Read More ]
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