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Physician comes in and does the vaccuum assist vaginal delivery

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MaureenDL123

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One of my doctors was called in to help with a vaginal delivery by doing a vacuum assist. As soon as the baby was born and handed to the mother she left and the Primary physician finished up. How would I bill the vaccum assist that my doctor did??
 
When you assist at a delivery, you do not bill the delivery codes that include ante/postpartum care. It seems 59409-80 MAY be appropriate, depending on the documentation.
 
None of the global delivery codes allow an assist, but the non-global codes should. I show the 59409-80 as a possible correct coding for this case does allow an assist.
 
Assist is allowed for 59409 IF supported by medical necessity. I have never seen nor billed an assist on a vacuum delivery.
 
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