Medical Insurance 7th Edition by Amy Blochowiak, Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby

Exercise 32

Select the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
When a Surgery section code has a plus sign next to it,
A) it includes all procedures done during the global period that follows the surgery
B) it covers preoperative evaluation and planning, the operation and normal additional procedures, and routine care after the procedure
C) it cannot be reported as a stand-alone code
D) it includes preoperative evaluation and planning, routine postoperative care, but not the surgical procedure