tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 6

Reader Question: Fee Schedule Can Give You Global Period Info

Question: How can I find the length of postoperative global periods for various procedures the surgeon performs?Maine Subscriber Answer: CMS publishes global surgical periods for all CPT codes each autumn in the Federal Register, but the most convenient and accessible place to find this information is in the Physician Fee Schedule database.You can locate the global period information in column "O" (labeled "GLOBAL DAYS") of the fee schedule database. Major surgical procedures (including common general surgery procedures such as hernia repairs, burn treatment, mastectomies, etc.) include a 90-day global period. Lesser surgical procedures may include a...

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