Cyndi113
True Blue
Our office is plagued by do we bill a global or not? We have all read the Sept Coding Edge and still have questions.
Patient is scheduled for a post procedural f/u. However, has been experiencing diarrhea and secondary dehydration. These are not related to the procedure and therefore we bill an E/M. CC by the provider is diarrhea with supporting doc to bill a 99213.
If we go by the intent (scheduling), this should be a global visit. However, the provider did a very, VERY cursory comment of checking that the diarrhea was not related to the procedure and the full documentation was related to the new problem.
Opinions?? Comments?? Discussion?? HELP!
Thanks so much,
Patient is scheduled for a post procedural f/u. However, has been experiencing diarrhea and secondary dehydration. These are not related to the procedure and therefore we bill an E/M. CC by the provider is diarrhea with supporting doc to bill a 99213.
If we go by the intent (scheduling), this should be a global visit. However, the provider did a very, VERY cursory comment of checking that the diarrhea was not related to the procedure and the full documentation was related to the new problem.
Opinions?? Comments?? Discussion?? HELP!
Thanks so much,