Check this out:
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning...10-Day Post-operative Period, (other minor
procedures).
• No pre-operative period
• Visit on day of the procedure is generally not
payable as a separate service
• Total global period is 11 days. Count the day
of the surgery and 10 days following the day of
the surgery.
90-day Post-operative Period, (major procedures)
• One day pre-operative included
• Day of the procedure is generally not payable as
a separate service
• Total global period is 92 days. Count 1 day before
the day of the surgery, the day of surgery, and the
90 days immediately following the day of surgery