tlm5506
Networker
Hello.
Current debate in our office is whether an office visit can be billed prior to a scheduled surgery. This visit would be for the H&P for the surgery. The visit was done a week before the scheduled surgery. I am reading several different opinions on this. I read that the global period starts just 1 day before the surgery (this would be a major surgery), so an H&P obviously would not be billable the day before the surgery. However, as stated previously, this visit was done a week before the surgery. Is this a billable visit? If not, I need to know where that information is coming from as far as not being able to bill for the visit.
Thanks for your help.
Current debate in our office is whether an office visit can be billed prior to a scheduled surgery. This visit would be for the H&P for the surgery. The visit was done a week before the scheduled surgery. I am reading several different opinions on this. I read that the global period starts just 1 day before the surgery (this would be a major surgery), so an H&P obviously would not be billable the day before the surgery. However, as stated previously, this visit was done a week before the surgery. Is this a billable visit? If not, I need to know where that information is coming from as far as not being able to bill for the visit.
Thanks for your help.