Hello,
I have a question about fetal demise. We had a 24 week old pregnant woman that lost her baby and the doctor is planning on doing a repeat C-Section. To complicate the issue there is two other doctors and a physician assistant in the loop along with the OB doctor that all saw this patient within a two week time. But the OB doctor has seen the patient more than 7 visits not all normal OB visits. So I just need some reinsurance that I am on the right tract on coding this situation. I would code the global because she was seen and add the icd-9-cm code for the fetal demise. For the other individual providers that saw her I would just bill for an office visit with a modifier 24 is this correct?
Thanks in advance
Rebecca
I have a question about fetal demise. We had a 24 week old pregnant woman that lost her baby and the doctor is planning on doing a repeat C-Section. To complicate the issue there is two other doctors and a physician assistant in the loop along with the OB doctor that all saw this patient within a two week time. But the OB doctor has seen the patient more than 7 visits not all normal OB visits. So I just need some reinsurance that I am on the right tract on coding this situation. I would code the global because she was seen and add the icd-9-cm code for the fetal demise. For the other individual providers that saw her I would just bill for an office visit with a modifier 24 is this correct?
Thanks in advance
Rebecca