tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2018 Issue 9

Subsequent-Care E/M: Avoid Surgical Conflicts with 99231-99233

Pay attention to global period. If your surgeon performs an inpatient procedure that has a global period other than “0,” you need to limit your use of the subsequent hospital care codes 99231- 99233 (Subsequent hospital care, per day…). Restriction: “You should not use the subsequent hospital care codes for inpatient E/M services related to the surgery on days within the global period,” says Terri Brame Joy, MBA, CPC, COC, CGSC, CPC-I, director of operations with Encounter Telehealth in Omaha, Nebr. That’s because the global fee for the surgical code includes the immediate...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci General Surgery Coding Alert.


Leverage vital, to-the-point monthly guidance to boost your reporting accuracy and your coding know-how. We make it convenient for your team to stay informed, compliant, and profitable with a subscription to TCI’s General Surgery Coding Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 2100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1999 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci General Surgery Coding Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.