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Wiki Help with coding an inpatient stay after a hysterectomy

Here is a summary of what happened with this patient. She had a TVH and on post op day 10 she was admitted as inpatient for post op fever, nausea vomiting, lack of appetite. She was diagnosed with vaginal cuff cellulitis and my MD did a fine needle aspiration of a vaginal cuff seroma. The...
- LanaW
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- Feb 22, 2016
- cuff inpatient post suggestions vaginal
- Replies: 0
- Forum: OB/GYN
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Wiki Post op visits after global periods are eliminated

Supposedly, CMS is eliminating 10 day post op periods in 2017 and the 90 day post op periods in 2018. Does anyone know how we'll bill for post op visits after the global periods are eliminated? I assume we'd use the appropriate 99xxx code but will there be special modifiers to indicate that...
- Cheezum51
- Thread
- Feb 6, 2016
- day global periods post visits
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Billing/Reimbursement
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Wiki Z code post op xray

If a patient comes in for post op and xray performed, can a Z47.89 aftercare code stand alone or is another code required in conjunction with it?
- LANGLEY
- Thread
- Jan 29, 2016
- code conjunction post stand xray
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Orthopaedics
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Wiki 99232 question help

one of our doctors came into our practice in January and he seen a patient in the hospital for three different days. we are getting a denial that its global pt is in the post op period, we found out that the doctor did surgery on the patient when he was in another practice- not sure how to do...
- dalanicks@aol.com
- Thread
- Jan 29, 2016
- hospital patient post practice- question
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Orthopaedics
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Wiki post op care only

could someone refresh my memory on how we follow the format for post op care only. My provider is caring for a patient after she had a fx hip surgery done at other facility and is now in our office for fu care.
- stacy
- Thread
- Jan 28, 2016
- care hip office post surgery
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Orthopaedics
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Wiki "Extended post-viral bronchial hyperresponsiveness"

I need help. The patient does not have Asthma and I cannot locate anything that resembles this diagnosis! Can any help me? Would the provider code the symptoms only since it's "post"???
- nmor013
- Thread
- Jan 21, 2016
- diagnosis post provider resembles symptoms
- Replies: 1
- Forum: ICD-10
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Wiki insurance change in maternity

We have a patient who switch insurance first she had 6 visits with first insurance. we billed 59425... with her new insurance she was seen 8 times plus delivery and post partum . can we billed global to her new insurance?
- CODING1234
- Thread
- Jan 21, 2016
- billed delivery insurance post times
- Replies: 3
- Forum: OB/GYN
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Wiki Heterotopic Ossification

Hello, Total Hip Arthroplasty done on 02/17/2015 the patient comes in for a follow up and the diagnosis is: Status post total hip arthroplasty with heterotopic ossification. Since this is out of the Global Period would I just code the Follow up - Z09, Z96.641 - R Hip with an E/M Code or is...
- LLRodgers
- Thread
- Dec 29, 2015
- heterotopic hip ossification post status
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Orthopaedics
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Wiki Radius Fracture

We saw a patient who was in the ER where they reduced his radius. When he came into our office the radius was still displaced. The dr had to do a post reduction. Is this billed separately or part of the fracture care? thanks :-)
- DBARON
- Thread
- Dec 28, 2015
- care fracture post radius reduction
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Orthopaedics

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