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Hi everyone, I am unsure if this should be coded outside of the global period so I thought I would get 2nd and 3rd opinions...(especially since it's a medicare patient) It doesn't seem like normal post op recovery, but then again it's medicare...
S/P Abdominoperineal resection of the rectum on post op day #3 (same hospital visit) overall hemodynamically stable but develops a fever with infiltrate on chest X-ray. Started patient on antibiotics and R/O pneumonia, checking lab values, so far uncontrolled
Thoughts??
S/P Abdominoperineal resection of the rectum on post op day #3 (same hospital visit) overall hemodynamically stable but develops a fever with infiltrate on chest X-ray. Started patient on antibiotics and R/O pneumonia, checking lab values, so far uncontrolled
Thoughts??