tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2009 Issue 11

Reader Question: Check Payer Bundling Rules Before Coding

Question: My doctor did a lap hernia repair and placed a mesh. While in there, he found an ovarian mass, so he called in an ob-gyn to do a salpingooophorectomy. After the ob-gyn finished, my doctor went back to close the patient. When he got back he didn't like the looks of the mesh placement -- as if it "dislodged" a bit with the other doc in there -- so he opened the patient, took out the mesh he had just placed, and repaired it again. I am thinking I can only code for what the physician completed, which...

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