Medical Billing Forum
Coding => Coding => : sls February 14, 2011, 12:39:44 PM
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billing 99232 visit for post op- there is a 90 day period for the procedure, but the doctor listed a different diagnosis code then the code that we did the surgery for. what modifier can i use to report this as a different service to the surgery?
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I think you are looking for the 79 modifier: "Unrelated service during postop period - Use on surgical codes only to indicate that the performance of a procedure during the postoperative period of another surgery was unrelated to the original procedure. Failure to use this modifier when appropriate may result in denial of the subsequent surgery."
Michele
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Actually, 99232 is a hospital visit, not a surgical procedure, so wouldn't you use modifier 24?
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My bad - You are right. The 24 is appropriate not the 79!
:-[
Michele