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General Surgery Medical Billing Services

General surgery revenue lives in the global surgical package and its modifiers. Our certified coders specialize in surgical RCM so your procedures, post-op care, and assistant-surgeon claims are paid in full.

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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.
  • Core procedures. Hernia repair, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, breast, and colon procedures, open and laparoscopic.
  • Wound care & debridement. Debridement, abscess incision and drainage, and soft-tissue procedures.
  • Vascular access. Central line, port, and PICC placement.
  • 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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