Answer_Book / Surgery_Global_Billing / Less than global fee

Why This Topic Matters

Split care and global surgery billing can affect how surgical claims are reported and paid. Understanding the documentation and billing framework helps reduce claim errors and supports proper reporting of postoperative management.

Article Sections

1. Less than global fee / split care

   Overview of how Medicare handles global surgery billing when care is divided among practitioners. Covers transfer-of-care documentation and the general split-care billing framework.

2. How to bill

   Discusses the general reporting approach for the surgeon and the practitioner providing postoperative management. Includes the billing roles associated with split care.

3. Exceptions to split care billing

   Summarizes situations where the transfer of care is not handled as standard split care and where different follow-up reporting approaches may apply. Also notes other postoperative service scenarios involving separate evaluation and management reporting.