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A patient is receiving an infusion treatment in which three different medications are administered simultaneously through a multi-lumen IV line. According to the AMA CPT guidelines, would this scenario be coded as a concurrent infusion (CPT 96368), and what

How should an IV infusion lasting 2 hours and 10 minutes be billed if no additional infusion hour is warranted? Should an IV push charge be reported for the additional 10 minutes of the infusion?

Under what circumstances does Medicare provide coverage for drugs or biologicals, and how is the determination made regarding whether a drug is considered “not usually self-administered”?

How should the administration of an IV infusion lasting longer than 1 hour but less than 91 minutes be reported? At what point should the code 96415 be used for “each additional hour” of infusion?