Hello OB/GYN Group,
This is a new patient seen in the clinic and delivered approximately 3 months ago by another physician who is not in our group, however she sustained an episiotomy during her delivery that was not repaired and is now experiencing dyspareunia.
Our physician says she was told she had no tear which was obviously wrong. Her tear just healed and almost totally closed her introitus, please see the procedure note below:
I know I cannot use 59300 or 56810, so I was leaning towards using the integumentary repair codes based on the type of repair (simple [12001-12007], intermediate [12041-12047], or complex [13131-13132]), and as she appears to be out of the global period. Would this capture all the work performed? Please advise.
Thank you so much for helping me!
This is a new patient seen in the clinic and delivered approximately 3 months ago by another physician who is not in our group, however she sustained an episiotomy during her delivery that was not repaired and is now experiencing dyspareunia.
Our physician says she was told she had no tear which was obviously wrong. Her tear just healed and almost totally closed her introitus, please see the procedure note below:
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I know I cannot use 59300 or 56810, so I was leaning towards using the integumentary repair codes based on the type of repair (simple [12001-12007], intermediate [12041-12047], or complex [13131-13132]), and as she appears to be out of the global period. Would this capture all the work performed? Please advise.
Thank you so much for helping me!