Wiki Coding for a inpatient visit the day before a surgery - HELP!

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Hi, what code would we use for a visit by the surgeon to a patient who is currently admitted in the hospital and they are having a procedure by that surgeon the next day? The procedure is normally with a 90 day global, and since that visit is considered part of the "global package" since it's the day before a procedure, what do we use? I'm asking this on behalf of a fellow coder, who was using 99024. Please help.Thank you.
 
Marci_ann,

I would not necessarily bill 99024 if the visit is for an unrelated reason. If the patient had appendectomy and now they are having knee replacement then I would by all means code the hospital visit at the appropriate E&M Level and append modifier 79. Without more information (what kind of surgery was originally done and what kind of surgery/procedure is planned for "tomorrow", are they related, was it planned, etc.) it is hard to give you a more accurate answer. Can you give more details?

Hunter Smith, CPC
 
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