I work as a coding specialist in a podiatry office.. When seeing a patient for a post op visit, is it necessary to bill 99024 out to insurance since it is a no charge visit ??
Ashley, CPC-A
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CPT 99024 vs 99211 or 99212
Hi ,
previously Patient got Incision and drainage with in Postoperative period patient get cellulitis on same area. so can we code CPT 99024 or 99211 or 99212.
previously Patient got Incision and drainage with in Postoperative period patient get cellulitis on same area. so can we code CPT 99024 or 99211 or 99212.
Please help me.
Thanks you.:)
99024
If 99024 is being documented for follow-up exams in the global period but is not being billed out, or tracked, does it need an ICD-10 code as long as there is sufficient documentation in the chart for the followup exam and documentation of the original date of the procedure? If there is sufficient documentation in the chart for the followup visit will it pass an audit without an ICD-10 code?
Thank you;
Natalie Lackner, CPC
Indianapolis, IN chapter
99024 Reporting for Post-Op Visits in 2018
In July 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began requiring medical offices with 10 or more practitioners in nine states (Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, and Rhode Island) to report claims data on post-operative visits furnished during the global period of specified procedures using CPT® 99024 Postoperative […]
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Modifier 55 vs 99024
When do we use modifier 55 compared to 99024? If a doctor has accepted the transfer of care of a patient, who is in the post-op period of a 90 day procedure, do we bill 99024 or bill the procedure with modifier 55?
Modifier 55 vs 99024
When do we use modifier 55 compared to 99024? If a doctor has accepted the transfer of care of a patient, who is in the post-op period of a 90 day procedure, do we bill 99024 or bill the procedure with modifier 55?
MCR Global Days Code 99024
If a patient comes to the ED and they have recently had surgery but they are presenting for a problem unrelated to the surgery would bill the appropriate E/M and 99024?
99024 and Gxxx5 codes for post op visits
When coding for routine post op cataract surgery visits, you would normally use 99024 with a $ 0.00 charge.
CMS proposed a HCPCS Level II G coding system where GXXX5 (per 10 minute increment) would probably be the most accurate code to record the time involved in the post op visits.
I’m having people tell me that their clearing houses are rejecting the G code as invalid. Did CMS not institute the G code system in 2017?
If they did, what is the proper way to code it.
I would assume you code the 99024 with $ 0.00 and then add the GXXX5 code with a number of units value attached to it and also a value of $ 0.00 but am not sure that’s correct.
Tom Cheezum, O.D., CPC