coffee2day
Networker
Hello, any advise on how to bill this scenario for the e&m visits in the hospital?
The provider is billing e&m inpatient visits leading up to a 90 day global surgery, and I am unsure how to bill these inpatient visits. Our software edits telling us a modifier is needed for the day before visit and same day visit, see below -
initial visit 99221 06/05 decision for pacemaker insertion next day
subsequent visit 99232 - 06/06 hospital subsequent visit, labs done, procedure ended up being rescheduled to next day
subsequent visit 99232 06/07 pt has high wbc they did labs and chest xray to rule out pneumonia, then on this same day did the major surgery 90 day global of insertion of pacemaker.
Our software is editing for dos 06/06, 06/07, any advise on what modifier 57 should go? Should any of these be changed to a preop visit? I feel the MD is monitoring/treating the underlying condition at all visits. MOd 57 would go on 06/05 but this is two days away from the surgery so it doesn't need to I think. But the other two dates, should I just process as-is without modifier 57, and ask for appeal if denied (mod 57 doesn't apply to 06/06 or 06/07 since decision for surgery made on 06/05)?
Thank you,
The provider is billing e&m inpatient visits leading up to a 90 day global surgery, and I am unsure how to bill these inpatient visits. Our software edits telling us a modifier is needed for the day before visit and same day visit, see below -
initial visit 99221 06/05 decision for pacemaker insertion next day
subsequent visit 99232 - 06/06 hospital subsequent visit, labs done, procedure ended up being rescheduled to next day
subsequent visit 99232 06/07 pt has high wbc they did labs and chest xray to rule out pneumonia, then on this same day did the major surgery 90 day global of insertion of pacemaker.
Our software is editing for dos 06/06, 06/07, any advise on what modifier 57 should go? Should any of these be changed to a preop visit? I feel the MD is monitoring/treating the underlying condition at all visits. MOd 57 would go on 06/05 but this is two days away from the surgery so it doesn't need to I think. But the other two dates, should I just process as-is without modifier 57, and ask for appeal if denied (mod 57 doesn't apply to 06/06 or 06/07 since decision for surgery made on 06/05)?
Thank you,