Global Surgery
This page is a central location for global surgery information, including CMS resources.
Spotlight
- MLN Connects Newsletter for August 6, 2026: Compliance - Global Surgery: Accurately Report Postoperative Visits
- OIG Report (A-04-21-04083), Dermatology Providers Generally Met Medicare Requirements for Evaluation and Management Services Performed on Same Day as Minor Surgical Procedures
Policy Information
Not all services have a policy associated with them. We will consider Reasonable and Necessary Guidelines in the absence of an LCD, billing and coding article, NCD, or CMS manual instruction that limits coverage.
LCDs
Learn more about the LCD development process through the following:
Search for global surgery-related LCDs using these available resources:
- LCD Interactive Index Tool
- View active / proposed LCDs on CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD)
NCDs
Search for global surgery-related NCDs using these available tools:
Medical Documentation
For a claim to be valid, documentation must demonstrate compliance with all applicable coverage, coding and billing requirements and substantiate the level of care billed. The following resources are specific to global surgery, but may not address all required medical documentation requirements:
Claim Submission and Reimbursement
- Bilateral Indicators
- Modifiers
- Postoperative Co-Management: Modifiers 54 and 55
- Tips to Prevent Claim Adjustment Reason Codes CO97
- Tips to Prevent Claim Adjustment Reason Code CO236
Additional Information
- View our FastTrack to Medicare Coverage Policies Tool to locate guidelines
- Assistant at Surgery Modifier Fact Sheet
- Critical Care Services
- Global Surgery Calculator
- Global Surgery and Related Services
- Evaluation and Management
CMS
- OIG Report (A-05-20-00021), CMS Should Improve Its Methodology for Collecting Medicare Postoperative Visit Data on Global Surgeries
- Global Surgery Data Collection
- MLN Booklet MLN907166, Global Surgery
Education
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- View On-Demand Learning
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