TinaG
Contributor
If a patient is treated in the office for closed reduction of fracture, splinted
and put on the surgical schedule for open reduction in say 2 to 4 days, is
billing closed reduction for the office visit and then the open code when
the surgery is done with a 58 modifier, or is it more appropriate to bill
an E&M with 57 modifier and bill the splint for the office visit and then bill
the open code for the surgery.
I find no real clear guidelines on this.
and put on the surgical schedule for open reduction in say 2 to 4 days, is
billing closed reduction for the office visit and then the open code when
the surgery is done with a 58 modifier, or is it more appropriate to bill
an E&M with 57 modifier and bill the splint for the office visit and then bill
the open code for the surgery.
I find no real clear guidelines on this.