sknewhouse
New
Hello! I have a question about post-op periods and resuturing a wound.
A patient in my office had an excision on Wednesday. She had post-op bleeding and ended up the ER all night. The ER sent her back to the office in the morning after they were unable to control the bleeding. The doctor reopened the wound, cauterized and packed with gelfoam, and resutured. He coded this as a normal post-op visit (99024) but I'm wondering if this is something that we can bill for.
Does anybody know--
Would I bill for another intermediate closure (12032)?
Would I bill for secondary closure of surgical wound (13160)?
Or would I do what he suggested and record a no charge post op visit (99024)?
Thanks in advance!
A patient in my office had an excision on Wednesday. She had post-op bleeding and ended up the ER all night. The ER sent her back to the office in the morning after they were unable to control the bleeding. The doctor reopened the wound, cauterized and packed with gelfoam, and resutured. He coded this as a normal post-op visit (99024) but I'm wondering if this is something that we can bill for.
Does anybody know--
Would I bill for another intermediate closure (12032)?
Would I bill for secondary closure of surgical wound (13160)?
Or would I do what he suggested and record a no charge post op visit (99024)?
Thanks in advance!