Hi All and thanks to all who contribute to this forum, Lots of great info here. I have a patient with AETNA, we are his PCP and he is going to have surgery to remove a sebaceous cyst removed and the surgeon needs medical clearance from his PCP (us). EKG was done, chest X-ray and blood work were reviewed. Medical Clearance was given for surgery.
I have never found an ICD 9 code for medical clearance so I always just used the office visit codes plus EKG Codes, should I be using a pre op V code- V72.81-V72.84 as a separate line Item or in one of the 4 diagnosis
patient does have these 250.00 - 401.1 - 477.9 - 272.4...but they are not the reason for the need of medical clearance..
Maybe you all can help me out...and I hope you are understanding what I'm asking