Wiki Billing cystourethroscopy during the global period of a hysterectomy

[dhamblett]

The patient has a hysterectomy (code 58571) for a fibroid uterus and adnexal mass. A couple months later the patient came back and had a cystourethroscope for cystitis with the global period of the hysterectomy. Should I use modifier -58 for billing or -79?

 

[csperoni]

-79

-58 is for STAGED or RELATED during the postop. Since your provider did not plan at the time of origin surgery to do this, and it is for an unrelated issue, I would use -79.