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When did the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) change the coding instructions for the reporting of drug administration? 

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Can you provide the status of the MedLearn Matters article addressing clarification of drug administration?

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Does the information found in Transmittal 785 regarding multiple substances or drugs pertain to intravenous pushes only, or does it also relate to intramuscular/subcutaneous (IM/SQ) injections?

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Our hospital outpatient department has been receiving denials on claims for patients receiving a Procrit intramuscular/subcutaneous shot on the same day that they receive chemotherapy services. Wha...

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We are receiving National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits when we report CPT code 90772, Therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or in...

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A patient was scheduled for a computed tomography (CT) of both legs with contrast, at our facility. Although both legs were injected with contrast, the physician decided that only a CT scan of the ...

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A patient arrived in the emergency department (ED) with an intravenous (IV) hydration infusion that was started in the field. The IV hydration infusion was administered for a total of 45 minutes in...

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A patient had an outpatient complete 2D transthoracic echocardiogram performed at our facility. The patient was discharged but later that day she experienced chest pain and returned to the emergenc...

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A patient was seen in the emergency department (ED) for abdominal pain of the left lower quadrant.

The patient received a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen with injection of con...

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A patient was seen in the emergency department (ED) and received an intravenous infusion for 75 minutes and an intramuscular (IM) injection. What are the appropriate code assignments for this case?...

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