Medical Billing Forum
General Category => General Questions => : jwangelin November 15, 2010, 06:18:01 PM
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Can you bill for a OV if a patient who was pregnant, had pregnancy-induced hypertension during her pregnancy, had a C-section, and then came into the office 1 week after having the c-section, to have a blood pressure check. She did see the Dr., but I thought that maybe the OV would be considered during the postoperative period and could not be billed as an OV.
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If the Dr doing the blood pressure check is part of the OB-GYN office then the visit would be considered part of the post op care (in my opinion). I actually had this personally happen to me. I had to go in to have blood pressure checks every few days until it got controlled, then the released me to my pcp for follow up. The care I received was part of my post op care from the delivery. The hypertension is a direct result of the pregnancy so it is not un-related. JMO, I'm interested in anyone else's take on this.
Michele
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That's exactly what I thought, thanks for your imput.
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Michelle, I agree with your answer. How would that be billed to the insurance to show it was post-op so no charge would apply? I know a $0 amount can't be sent. Just curious.
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I believe it is not supposed to be billed at all, the billing was done with the surgery charge.
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I thought the follow up visits had to be reported even though they are included in the surgery, post op. I could be wrong. I have to look into that.