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| JustCoding.com |
| February 2008 |
| Tackle the 2008 drug administration changes: New code brings controversy |
| In the first article in a two-part series about drug administration (injection and infusion services) coding, Jugna Shah, MPH, and Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, cover the code changes in the 2008 CPT Manual. The 2008 CPT Manual features several new and revised codes, code descriptors, and an explicit code/service-specific hierarchy to use when selecting the initial service code. Reporting code 90776 (to capture additional IV pushes of the same substance or drug) caused confusion because how this code should be used has led to increased reimbursement denials. |
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