Wiki Tracheostomy after surgery

[LeslieTapia]

If patient had A Thoracoscopy, surgical; with wedge resection of lung, single or multiple and then after few days needs a Tracheostomy, do I add a modifier? or is part of the global?

 

[jackson7591]

Reference

http://www.justcoding.com/259836/know-when-to-report-postoperative-complications

This article may address your question

 

[Mojo]

If patient had A Thoracoscopy, surgical; with wedge resection of lung, single or multiple and then after few days needs a Tracheostomy, do I add a modifier? or is part of the global?

Was the trach planned/staged, unplanned but required due to a documented complication of the wedge resection or unrelated and performed due to difficulty with extubation of a patient who had been intubated for awhile? Without the medical record, it is difficult to be more specific about the modifier.