tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 1999 Issue 2

Get Paid for Postoperative Visits and Procedures During Global Periods

A lot of potential reimbursement is left on the operating table because many surgeons believe that once they perform a surgical procedure, they cant bill for any postoperative visit or procedure, even those totally unrelated to the surgery. The neglected reimbursement reflects widespread confusion over global surgery packages established by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), which administers Medicare.Nancy King, CPC, a coder at South Louisiana Medical Associates, a multispecialty group (including three general surgeons) at the Leonard Chabert Medical Center in New Orleans, LA, comments, It is confusing because Medicare guidelines say anything connected to surgical procedures...

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