Developing Codes to Capture Post-Operative Care / Ateev Mehrotra, Courtney A. Gidengil, Lee H. Hilborne, Ashley M. Kranz, Stephanie Stratos, John N. Mafi, Barbara O. Wynn
Introduction – Overview of current payment policy for post-operative services in the global period – Interviews on post-operative care – Challenges identified during interviews and expert panel in capturing post-operative care via codes – Options for capturing post-operative care – Recommendations for capturing post-operative care – Summary and next steps.
Summary
This report makes recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on a set of nonpayment codes that can be used to collect information on the number and level of post-operative visits. The proposed nonpayment codes aim to capture the major differences in the breadth and intensity of post-operative care provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-40).
