tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 4

SURGERY: No Global Package? Then Unwrap The Discharge Planning Codes

Make sure to document the surgeon's time if you bill 99238-99239Many surgeons believe they can never bill for discharge planning (CPT codes 99238-99239)--and that belief is costing them money. Reality: In fact, you can bill for a surgeon's discharge services as long as the surgeon didn't perform a procedure with a global period, says Charol Spaulding with Coding Continuum in Tucson, AZ. The global period for any surgery will include discharge services. But if the surgeon admitted the patient for a non-surgical service, such as anticoagulant therapy, then the surgeon can still bill a discharge.You can also bill...

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