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Wiki Suture removal

dbarker

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If a patient is seen at an ER and has sutures, then comes to family care to have them removed.....can't the family physician charge for the suture removal since he was not the one who did it to begin with?????
 
The global period excludes services provided by other providers. If the stitches were placed in the ER and the patient comes to family care to have them removed, then yes you can charge for it (E/M).
 
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