wfriddle
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I have a question about whether it is appropriate to bill this procedure, 51701 Insertion of non-indwelling bladder catheter (eg, straight catheterization for residual urine), during the global period of a 57288 Sling operation for stress incontinence (eg, fascia or synthetic). I can see where this could be considered a complication of the surgery therefore not payble during the global period but I am just uncertain. The patients are also being taught to self cath at the time which we are billing out as 98960, Education and training for patient self-management by a qualified, nonphysician health care professional using a standardized curriculum, face-to-face with the patient (could include caregiver/family) each 30 minutes; individual patient. Is this code appropriate and should this be the only code we bill or could we bill for the cath as well?