ddicrosta
Networker
Please help to settle this ongoing discussion in my office. Patients come in for consultation with a PA for DJD hip or knee and decide they believe they are ready for surgery and a date is picked and appointments made. They come back to see the doctor who deems them a surgical candidate and arrangements move forward. They are given prescriptions for preop and postop meds. Shortly after some get confused on what to take and when. To alleviate the confusion, the docs want them to come back closer to surgery to go over them again. All three coders have told the docs they cannot bill for that as the decision for surgery has already been made and scheduled with no new problem or complication. Your thoughts on the matter will be appreciated. Thank you.