Wiki Drain tube removal by another physician.

[Coder85]

How would I code for this when the patient did not want to drive 5 hours to the physician that performed the surgery and inserted the tube and, instead, decided to do it locally.

What CPT should I use and ICD-10-Code?

Please advice. Thanks in advance!

 

[CodingKing]

Since it's normally included in the surgical package I think you would need to bill the CPT of the initial surgery and use modifier 55 to indicate your physician did the post-op portion. Also the original surgeon would have to rebill with the Pre-op and inter-operative component

 

[Coder85]

Since it's normally included in the surgical package I think you would need to bill the CPT of the initial surgery and use modifier 55 to indicate your physician did the post-op portion. Also the original surgeon would have to rebill with the Pre-op and inter-operative component

Thank You!