Lisa Bledsoe
True Blue
A Medicare patient has surgery for de Quervains (CPT 25290 ICD-9 727.05). Apprx 6-8 weeks post op develops symptoms of carpal tunnel in the same wrist and an EMG with findings "consistent with moderate carpal tunnel syndrome". Would the visits for the carpal tunnel qualify as E/M with mod -24 as unrelated to the surgery?