DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 3 (March)

Ask a Part B News Expert: Billing for post-op services after simple repairs

CMS has changed the global days on simple repair codes (12001-12018) from 10 to 000 effective 1/1/11. Was it CMS’s intention to start allowing payment for post-op visits related to providing these procedures, such as providers now billing a low-level E/M involving suture removal?

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