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  1. R

    17250 in Global Period

    I keep going back and forth on this. I have a patient who is status post mastectomy, and has been coming in weekly for post-operative visits. During these visits, the provider has been applying silver nitrate to the scar, but documentation states that the scar is healing normally. I'm of the...
  2. L

    Wiki Post Op Wound

    If the patient's incision develops a wound postoperatively (90-day global) and comes into the office weekly for wound care, can we bill for the debridement? Or is this considered part of the global package? Even though it's a complication and requires the patient to come in more frequently than...
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  3. E

    Wiki Reporting 99024

    Hello! Currently, the practice I work in uses the 99024 as an internal means of ensuring that a patient is being seen during a post-op period, as we are not in one of the nine states that are required to report this code to Medicare. However, one of our physicians is currently questioning this...
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    Wiki post op visits modifier 24

    Hello, I was not able to find any post about post op care so here is my question. I need some help figuring out what we can bill for in the post op care. Most of the surgeries are 90 follow up that we deal with in our billing department. I bill for a group of multi specialty providers with...
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    • Forum: Anesthesia
  5. M

    Wiki 90 days post op

    ok, I need a little help, I know that 90 days post op claims will not be paid for they are included in the 90 global period and considered part of the package, however my administator wants up to send them and receive the denial just to have record of it and just so that we don't miss for say...
  6. J

    Wiki Post procedural admit

    I don't code a lot of surgery stuff so my apologies if this is really simple. Patient has a procedure in the ASC at a medical facility. Patient then has to be admitted for post op pain control to the hospital as an inpatient. (2 different facilities). will the admit be billed and paid? Or is...
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