General Question for the Week of July 15, 2024
Bryan Nordley
July 15, 2024
What time can be used for infusion stop if patient is in the clinic and has a negative reaction requiring inpatient admission?
What time can be used for infusion stop if patient is in the clinic and has a negative reaction requiring inpatient admission?
Can a subcutaneous injection of insulin administered to a patient be billed?
If an IV antibiotic was administered but the MAR only contains the time the infusion started, can we charge for an IV push?
What time can be used for infusion stop if the patient is in the clinic and has a negative reaction requiring inpatient admission?
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?
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?
Infusion services remain a vital component of medical treatment for patients across the nation, each area containing its own complexities that create challenges for coders
What is the difference between concurrent and sequential
infusions?
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