cynthiabrown
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I really really need some help with this. I code for general surgeons who do bariatric surgeries. The patient comes in and doctor does initial visit and sends patient to do whatever they need to do before surgery........physch eval, cardiology clearance, etc. At this point in time, they schedule the surgery. A few weeks before the surgery date, they are bring ing the patient back to the office and calling it a pre op exam. they are even dictating pre op visit as the chief complaint. The office coder is putting a v72.38 pre op exam on as a diagnosos secondary to the obesty diagnosis. Thoughts???