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Hint: Not all services are bundled into a global surgical period.
In most cases, you can report these services separately and collect for them.
A gray area exists for coders when it pertains to global packages. That’s because when you’re dealing with global surgical periods, it can be easy to assume that all of the services you perform during the global period are bundled into your surgical reimbursement. However in most cases, you can report these services separately and collect for them.
According to the Medicare Learning Network’s “Global Surgery Fact Sheet,” you can...
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