Patient was seen in office to look at their umbiliical incision; patient previously had an umbilicial hernia repair, along with appendectomy done... the incision site revealed no infection and doctor wants a to code it as "healing incision" ... any suggestions for dx code?
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Wiki Diagnosis Coding Help
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mitchellde
True Blue
It is a followup coded with a V67.xx code.
FTessaBartels
Guest
It depends
I agree with Debra ... IF ... the patient is in the global post-operative period for a procedure performed by THIS physician. (And the CPT code you'd use in this case is 99024 which carries a $0.00 fee.)
Hope that helps.
F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
I agree with Debra ... IF ... the patient is in the global post-operative period for a procedure performed by THIS physician. (And the CPT code you'd use in this case is 99024 which carries a $0.00 fee.)
Hope that helps.
F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
mitchellde
True Blue
Not really. Why is the patient here to see your physician rather than the one that did the surgery? If they are there for a followup encounter you have to use a V code for follow up. There is no code for healing nicely.
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