Tip of the week: Use add-on codes to represent type, duration of drugs administered at IV site
APCs Weekly Monitor, May 16, 2008
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When charging for infusions that have multiple IV sites, treat each IV site separately. Report an initial code and add-on codes to represent the type and duration of drugs administered through that IV site.
You must append modifier -59 to all codes that represent the second IV site.
(The above tip was excerpted from the June issue of APC Answer Letter)
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