Hi All,
I work for a General Surgery practice, and a discussion between me and my coworker recently came up that I would like everyones opinion on. We have a patient that was seen for a breast mass, and subsequently had a breast biopsy done, which came back positive for breast cancer. Our surgeon has seen the patient again and would like to bill a E&M code during the post operative period, suggesting that since it is a new diagnosis code (breast mass vs breast cancer) this can be done with modifier 24. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Erin Toavs
I work for a General Surgery practice, and a discussion between me and my coworker recently came up that I would like everyones opinion on. We have a patient that was seen for a breast mass, and subsequently had a breast biopsy done, which came back positive for breast cancer. Our surgeon has seen the patient again and would like to bill a E&M code during the post operative period, suggesting that since it is a new diagnosis code (breast mass vs breast cancer) this can be done with modifier 24. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Erin Toavs