tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2023 Issue Q2

Recognize Impact of 0-Day Global Period

As you just read in “Delve Deeper For Hernia Repair Coding Update,” CPT® 2023 deleted open and laparoscopic hernia repair codes and replaced them with new codes 49591-49618 (Repair of anterior abdominal hernia(s) (ie, epigastric, incisional, ventral, umbilical, spigelian), any approach (ie, open, laparoscopic, robotic) …) There’s more: Another thing that changed in 2023 for reporting hernia repair is that these new codes have zero global days. “This means that any follow up that needs to be done afterward can be billed separately,” said Kelly Shew, RHIA, CPC, CPCO, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPPM...

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