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Wiki Postpartum coding
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nielynco
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Yes, but add a modifier -52 to the global code and submit information about the services not provided. If this is a case of expected PP care and the patient simply did not come back, ACOG recommends billing global, but documenting extensively your efforts to the the patient into the office.
When doing the DX coding for PP hospital care do you still use codes from chapter 15, or do we go back to using regular codes? Is Z39.0 appropriate the day after delivery?
nielynco
True Blue
Does the patient have some complication or problem that is being addressed during the PP hospital visit? If not, then use Z39.0 after the delivery.
Hypertention...
nielynco
True Blue
Then if the patient is being evaluated for PP hypertension, they use a Chapter 15 code rather than Z39 which implies no complications at all.