rthomas@impcna.com
Guru
Pt has laceration of wrist with no numbness or loss of ROM on initial exam. One week later he returns and reports numbness to the top of hands and fingers of same hand. Would this fall into the global period of the laceration repair since it is probably a result of the laceration or would I be able to charge for this second visit because it was an unforeseen complication and I referred him to hand surgeon?
I keep going back and forth on this. I want to say yes its in global period since more than likely its related but with it being a week later you don’t know if the patient did something else that may have cause the problem.
I keep going back and forth on this. I want to say yes its in global period since more than likely its related but with it being a week later you don’t know if the patient did something else that may have cause the problem.