Wiki Accounting for post-op visits

[bridgettemartin]

I am billing for the surgeon. From a compliance standpoint, is it necessary to account for hospital post-op visits in our PM system? For instance, the surgeon sees an in-patient each day after surgery and documents in their hospital medical record the service he performs. From a pro-fee billing standpoint, these visits are included in the global fee and not billable. Is it necessary to enter each visit with a 99024 to account for the service even though there is no fee and the service is never sent to the payer?

 

[Melissa Harris CPC]

I have always entered the charge with a 99024 as this would document that the patient was seen that day and with EMR it should link to the post op follow up note.

Melissa Harris, CPC

 

[MarcusM]

Essentially you want an easy to follow audit trail so it is clear from all perspectives the surgeon was doing his most excellent post surgical care. You may want to also bill the usual and customary amount, and then immediately write it off as part of the global. This also gives you/the surgeon data for how many post op visits he does.

 

[bridgettemartin]

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated!