General Question for the Week of August 4, 2025
Bryan Nordley
August 4, 2025
Are non-chemotherapy infusions of pre-mixed electrolyte solutions considered hydration or infusion?
Are non-chemotherapy infusions of pre-mixed electrolyte solutions considered hydration or infusion?
An interventional cardiologist performs a PTCA in the LAD followed by drug-eluting stent placement in the same vessel; subsequently, the physician next performs a PTCA in the RCA. How would we code for this scenario?
For billing chemotherapy infusions, what determines the selection of the primary code?
Can code 78802 be reported when performing imaging using bone agents for inflammatory disease?
What time can be used for infusion stop if the patient is in the clinic and has a negative reaction requiring inpatient admission?
What documentation issue can jeopardize code assignment for IV infusions initiated outside the observation unit?
An interventional cardiologist performs a PTCA in the LAD artery. The physician also performed angioplasty in the diagonal side branch of the patient’s LAD at the same session. How would we bill this in a hospital setting?
What are the circumstances that will meet the requirements for assigning 93458?
How should the sequential administration of a substance lasting longer than 15 minutes be charged?
When both tibial/peroneal arteries in both legs are treated for lower extremity revascularization, what modifiers would we report?
When is code 96367 assigned, and what, if any, documentation requirements may exist?
A nurse flushes a patient’s vascular access device (VAD) immediately before and after administering chemotherapy. Should the flushing be billed separately?
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