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Can we bill E&M with debridement procedure? Establish patient came in for debridement for non healing ulcer. Patient last seen 3 month ago. Can we bill for E&M if the doctor did an assessment before he does the debridement for the same wounds. Please let me know where I can find reference for these.
 
It follows the normal global surgical package rules.

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Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 12 subsection 40.1 C.

?If a procedure has a global period of 000 or 010 days, it is defined as a minor surgical procedure. The decision to perform a minor surgical procedure is included in the payment for the minor surgical procedure and should not be reported separately as an E&M service. However, a significant and separately identifiable E&M service unrelated to the decision to perform the minor surgical procedure is separately reportable with modifier 25.
 
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