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Medicare and Medicaid postop EM codes
When patients who have had a surgery come in for postoperative visits should the first postop visit be coded as "postop" and the following visits as an EM code for patients with Medicaid or Medicare?
re: Medicare and Medicaid postop EM codes
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re: Medicare and Medicaid postop EM codes
No. If the follow up visits are still in the global period of the proceudres you and are related to the original surgery you would not bill. If the service is unrelated to the original surgery and in the post op period you can bill the service with a 24 modifier.