General Question for the Week of June 17, 2024
What are the documentation requirements to bill for hydration?
What are the documentation requirements to bill for hydration?
When a stop time has not been recorded for the infusion, can an IVP be coded?
Are inpatient respiratory therapy services included in room and board?
In general, do you have any tips for correctly documenting medical necessity?
Is the time spent weaning a patient off ventilation separately billable?
How does the OCE help in processing hospital claims related to Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs)?
What is the NCCI and how does it impact coding?
If a patient has rheumatoid arthritis and comes in for a methotrexate injection, do we use the chemotherapy injection code?
Can we report medically necessary hydration in addition to blood transfusion?
We use 96360 and 96361 for hydration fluids administered in radiology. These codes often edit against the CT procedure code. What modifier would you recommend when coding for services provided in a hospital radiology dept?
If a patient is receiving an IV infusion for hydration therapy and the stop time is not documented in the medical record, how should the service be coded?
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