Orthocoderpgu
True Blue
Patient has surgery and comes to our clinic to have the sutures removed. Our doc did not perform the surgery, just the suture removal. Is this billed as a 99211? Or how is this coded? Thanks for your help.
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Wiki Removing sutures
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RebeccaWoodward*
True Blue
Since you did not initially put them in, typically it's a low office visit....99211/12. CPT has an example of this in the back of your book. There is also HCPCS code S0630 but I find that many carriers don't pay for this.
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magnolia1
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What insurance are you billing for this?
magnolia1
Guest
Thanks Rebecca......
I was also going to suggest S0630, if this was a Non-Medicare patient.
I was also going to suggest S0630, if this was a Non-Medicare patient.
Orthocoderpgu
True Blue
The patient has Federal Blue Cross.