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Mar 10th, 2010 - ebeard630

Medical Management of a post op pt

Is there a specific code for medical management of a post op patient? Clearly we did not do the surgery.

Mar 10th, 2010 - nmaguire   2,606 

diagnosis code

The diagnosis code should show you are doing medical management for medical condition or underlying condition. All services must be medically necessary.

Mar 10th, 2010 -

Nancy's right

I should add that you never want to use the diagnosis code that applies to the surgery (OA hip, cholecystitis, colon cancer, etc) - that is sure to generate a denial as the surgeon is getting paid a global fee for that diagnosis.



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