We have a patient that had a carotid endartectomy and later that day developed a hemorrhage and had to be taken back to the OR and had the wound explored. I billed the exploration w a -78 on a separate claim. However Medicare denied of course because they didnt like the modifier and my ofc mgr is saying we should have filed a corrected claim on our original claim and used a -51 instead of a -78.
I guess I was thinking that since it was a separate session that warranted a separate claim. Should I be billing this way or if a patient has two different surgeries in one day do they need to be on the same claim??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I guess I was thinking that since it was a separate session that warranted a separate claim. Should I be billing this way or if a patient has two different surgeries in one day do they need to be on the same claim??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!