Wiki CPT coding Help

[stampinriz]

Hello,

I am of a primary care/peds background and am helping a friend with their billing. He is a plastic surgeon. Having no plastic surg experiance what so ever, I'm a bit lost. We are looking for correct CPT codes for PACU as well as extended recovery. Any direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!!

Ellen Risotti, working on CPC!

 

[kevbshields]

Unfortunately, PACU is part of the surgery package (from a payment and coding perspective). If, however, your friend happens to own the ASC he's working in (rather than being owned/billed/operated by someone else, like a hospital), he could pick up the facility charges . . . although still, for a long recovery there's not much.

Not sure this helps, but I think I'm understanding you correctly.

Good luck.