tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2012 Issue 10

Global Days Restrict Lap-Band Adjustment Pay

Follow payer guidelines for code choice.Can you collect pay when your surgeon uses the subcutaneous port to adjust a gastric band? That might be the question on your mind now that you know how to code your surgeon's work for placing/removing gastric bands (see "43770 and Beyond: 3 Tips Promise Proper 'Banding' Code Choice" in this issue).Watch Surgical Global PeriodThe answer to the opening question is, "no," you can't collect lap-band adjustment pay -- at least not if you're still in the surgical global period. That's 90 days for 43770 (Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; placement...

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