Question: We often need to know the global days of a procedure to help us determine coding issues such as what modifier to use or whether to code a separate E/M procedure. How can we quickly determine the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) global period for any CPT® code?
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Answer: If you subscribe to an online coding tool such as Codify, you can see the global period and lots of other payment and coverage information about each code when you look it up.
But you can also always find the global days on the...
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