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C-Section Assistant Coding Question
A CNM sees a patient for her entire pregnancy. Upon delivery, the decision is made to proceed with a c-section due to failure of progression. The on-call physician, who is not affiliated with the CNM's practice, performs the procedure and the CNM assists. How should we bill for this? We are thinking possibly...
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re: C-Section Assistant Coding Question
That would be correct. it is helpful for the delivering physician to note your CNM as assistant in the OP note, n case you need to appeal. If the patient does her routine post-partum care with you, you can also bill 59430.