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Re: cesarean on demandFrom: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)Fri Dec 30 18:14:09 2005
But he would have to provide a procedure code for either a c-section or a vaginal delivery. If he provided a code for a vaginal delivery that was not done, that would be fraud. If he provided a code for a c-section, theoretically he would have to code a diagnosis which would explain the c-section. If he made up a diagnosis, that would be fraud. We should not have to commit fraud to get paid for what we do. It's bad enough that what we get paid for 8 months of around-the-clock medical care, including 12-14 office visits, and several hours on L&D performing one of the highest-risk procedures there is, merits about the same amount of money that my auto insurance is going to pay the guy that spends a day and a half fixing the minor dent in the passenger-side rear fender of my car (which someone so obligingly left there during the Christmas shopping season when I wasn't around). Maybe I should look into a career in a body shop. I was pretty good at it when my husband and I restored his old '68 Chevelle.
-- Anna Meenan, MD
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