Can I code for an injection to a shoulder site non specific to a shoulder arthroscopy during the global period? Is there any way to unbundle this? Please advise.
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Wiki Pain management during global period for shoulder arthroscopy
- Thread starter daedolos
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- arthroscopy injection surgery
Orthocoderpgu
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If it's not a Medicare patient, then this could be billed as a complication. The patient should be experiencing less pain every day after surgery. The need for an injection is not part of normal follow up care.