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Tag Archives: global
Modifier 22 – Noridian Administrative Services Processing Change
On January 31, 2012, Noridian Administrative Services (NAS) posted a Medicare Part B News update to Issue 274 dated November 16, 2011. OF NOTE: NAS no longer requests additional documentation on procedure codes when billed with modifier 22. Following the initial … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Medicare, News, Q & A, Q & A with RMC, RMC
Tagged claim, CPT, documentation, E/M, global, modifier, noridian, operative report, Part B, payment, redetermination, surgical procedure
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Coding Question: OB Billing
Question: I was reading your “As the Practice Codes” October 2011 issue about OB billing. I have a mother that delivered on September 22, 2011. My doctors in the clinic have performed the prenatal and delivery. The patient had scheduled … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Newsletters, Q & A, RMC
Tagged 59409, 59425, 59426, 59514, 59612, 59620, antepartum, billing, delivery, E/M, global, inpatient, OB, obstetric, outpatient, physician, postdelivery, postpartum
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Complications of Surgical Procedure within Global Period
Q. If a patient is readmitted to the hospital within the global period of a surgery and the reason for admission is a complication of the surgery, but the treatment of that complication does not require a return trip to … Continue reading
Posted in Q & A
Tagged answers, billing, coding, complications, E/M, global, procedure, questions, reimbursement, return visit, surgical
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