Global Period - minor surgeries

[dballard2004]

A provider in one of my clinics is questioning the global period follow-up for minor surgeries. He states that the follow-up period is 10 visits--not 10 days as I have educated him. Can someone please clarify if it is 10 days or 10 visits and where can I find reference to this? Thanks.

 

[mariaklein]

Global Period

Where in the world did your doc hear that???? lol

CMS website is probably the best place to find your answer. I found this in the Carrier Manual:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/clm104c12.pdf

Section 40.1 Gives the definition of Global Surgery. Section C defines the Global package.

Hope this helps!

 

[RebeccaWoodward*]

A surgery with 0 (zero) to 10 follow-up (postoperative) days is considered minor
surgery.
�� The global period for minor surgeries includes the day of surgery and the
appropriate number of days immediately following the day of surgery.

http://www.medicarenhic.com/providers/pubs/General Surgery Guide.pdf

 

[Anna Weaver]

global period

A provider in one of my clinics is questioning the global period follow-up for minor surgeries. He states that the follow-up period is 10 visits--not 10 days as I have educated him. Can someone please clarify if it is 10 days or 10 visits and where can I find reference to this? Thanks.

Wow, I haven't ran across this before, I assumed everyone knew it was by days, but after you said this, you really can't find this distinction in a lot of places. I do have a book "Procedural Coding Professional 2009" and this book lists global days. I thought I would look up on PFS and it doesn't list "days" specifically, it just lists 000. In my book it also lists 000, and then if it's a minor surgery lists 010 and major lists 090 under global days.

http://www.rivaleeasbell.com/articles/globalsurgery1.pdf.
try this article and see if that helps.

 

[dballard2004]

My understanding has always been that it was days and not visits.

 

[Lisa Bledsoe]

Think of it as a global period which would be the number of DAYS immediately related to the procedure. A 90 day global period includes the day before sugery. See if this link helps -

http://www.medicarenhic.com/providers/billing/billing_calc_global_period.html

You may need to copy and paste in your browser.

 

[dballard2004]

Thanks to everyone for the help on this. I guess looking at it this way....if it was 10 visits, then the global period could last a year or more depending on when the patient follow-up with the provider. I will check out these links.

 

[crhunt78]

Try looking in the Federal Register