dballard2004
True Blue
Please confirm something for me regarding stitches removal. If the physician repairs a laceration in the office with stitches and the patient returns to the office to have the stiches removed, the physician can not charge to have the stiches removed. Is this correct? Even if it is after the global period?
If the stitches were put in by the hospital, but the patient's PCP takes them out in the office, the physician can charge for this, correct?
Can anyone point me to the CMS guidelines that state this? Thanks.
If the stitches were put in by the hospital, but the patient's PCP takes them out in the office, the physician can charge for this, correct?
Can anyone point me to the CMS guidelines that state this? Thanks.