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Choose Your Postpartum Care Code Wisely
Published on Mon Dec 12, 2022
Question: Our ob-gyn provided antepartum care for a patient who delivered out of town. Now the physician is seeing the patient for the postpartum visit. I billed antepartum once they delivered with another physician. What postpartum code should I use? Michigan Subscriber Answer: You should code the postpartum care with 59430 (Postpartum care only [separate procedure]). This represents the six-week checkup after [...]