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    Wiki Risk for a preop

    Our pediatricians are seeing patient's for a preop, they are not billing the visits as consultation visits, but billing as an E&M visit, and they think their risk should be Moderate. One provider stated they are not deciding on the surgery, but they ARE approving the patients for anesthesia...
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    Wiki How to code Medicare Preop evaluation

    What code should I use for a Preop evaluation for a patient that is going for cataract surgery and has Medicare for insurance? I use as first diagnosis Z01.818 and was denied. Do I have to use the Z code as a second diagnosis and code the reason of the surgery first?
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