DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2018 Issue 1 (January)
When your PA indicates surgery, stick to global-period timelines to code correctly
Question: We have a physician assistant (PA) who sees a patient under the doctor’s supervision for the patient’s first few visits. During those visits, surgery is indicated and the patient then sees the physician to discuss and consent to surgery. Can the physician bill for this visit or is it considered part of the pre-op package? Sometimes surgery is already scheduled before the patient sees the physician. When the surgery is already scheduled but it is the physician’s first time seeing the patient, can this visit be billed?
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