tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 12

Bariatric Surgery: Check The Operative Report For Extra Procedures Alongside Bariatric Surgery

Physicians frequently perform other operations, extra testsNot only has it gotten easier to bill for gastric bypass surgery in some parts of the country (see "New Codes Coming For Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeries"), but there are other procedures you can bill in addition to so-called stomach stapling. When your physician performs one of these bariatric procedures, make sure to scan the operative report before billing, advises Marcella Bucknam, HIM coordinator at Clarkson College in Omaha. You never know what other procedures the surgeon may have performed at the same time.For example, surgeons frequently perform a colicystectomy, or gall...

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