General Surgery Medical Billing Services | Global Package & Modifier RCM

We handle general surgery billing end to end — operative procedures, post-operative care, and consults. Because surgical reimbursement bundles the pre-op, procedure, and post-op into a global package with strict modifier rules, a specialty-trained team is what prevents the denials that cost surgeons the most.

General Surgery billing we handle

Global surgical package — pre-op, intra-op, and post-op billed correctly.
Split surgical care — modifiers 54, 55, 56 when care is shared across providers.
Staged & related procedures — modifiers 58, 78, 79 within the global period.
Assistant surgeon — modifiers 80/82 and correct co-surgeon billing.
Multiple procedures — correct sequencing and multiple-procedure reduction.
Consults & E/M — separately identifiable visits with modifier 25.

The global-period minefield. A visit or procedure during a surgical global period is denied unless the right modifier (24, 25, 58, 78, 79) tells the payer it's separately payable. This is the single biggest source of lost surgical revenue — and exactly what we manage.

Why general surgery practices lose revenue

The usual losses: post-op visits and staged procedures denied for missing global-period modifiers, assistant-surgeon claims underbilled, multiple-procedure reductions applied incorrectly, and E/M-with-procedure denials. Surgery-trained coders prevent each.

What you get with PRMS

Global-package mastery

Pre-op, procedure, and post-op billed right with correct modifiers.

Assistant/co-surgeon

80/82 and co-surgeon claims captured, not left unbilled.

Denial recovery

Dedicated follow-up on high-value surgical denials.

General Surgery billing FAQs

What is the global surgical package?

It bundles the pre-operative visit, the procedure, and routine post-operative care into one payment. Services outside that scope — unrelated visits, staged procedures — must be billed with the correct modifier or they are denied.

Do you handle assistant surgeon billing?

Yes — modifiers 80/82 for assistants and correct co-surgeon (62) billing so that additional surgeon revenue is captured.

How do you handle procedures during a global period?

With modifiers 58 (staged), 78 (related return to OR), and 79 (unrelated) so post-op procedures are correctly identified and paid.

How soon will results show?

Most surgical practices see fewer global-period denials and cleaner claims within the first one to two billing cycles.

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