General Question for the Week of December 8, 2025
If an IV antibiotic was administered but the MAR only contains the time the infusion started, can we charge for an IV push?
If an IV antibiotic was administered but the MAR only contains the time the infusion started, can we charge for an IV push?
We placed a patient in observation, and the next day the physician admitted him as an inpatient. Can we code for drug administration services for the time the patient was in observation status?
For billing chemotherapy infusions, what determines the selection of the primary CPT® code?
Is there a code for concurrent administration of a chemotherapy agent?
What is the correct way to report two drugs that are administered at the same time through two separate IV lines?
If hydration is ordered for four hours before and four hours after a CT scan with contrast, can those hydration hours be billed?
Under what circumstances can we report 90472 with 90471?
If documentation is missing start and stop times for an infusion, is it still acceptable to bill it as an IV push?
If a patient has rheumatoid arthritis and comes in for a methotrexate injection, do we use the chemotherapy injection code?
What documentation criteria must be met for billing CPT codes 93451, 93456, 93457, 93530 (right heart catheterization) and CPT codes 93454, 93455, 93456, 93457, 93563, 93564 (coronary arteriography) separately from a PVL service?
When a stop time has not been recorded for the infusion, can an IVP be coded?
Can we code 93590 and 93591 separately for the same encounter? Are there specific codes that cannot be assigned when reporting these?
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