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How should an OPPS hospital report a non-chemotherapeutic intravenous infusion that last 90 minutes to Medicare for visits?
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What is the appropriate code for a hospital outpatient setting to report the implantation of both a lead and a pulse generator for a single chamber cardioverter-defibrillator?
I submitted CPT...
If the lead ...
A retinal procedure that involved implanting a liquid called SILIKON 1000 silicone oil was performed in our hospital. I know that there are Level II HCPCS codes that describe certain implantable me...
SILIKON 1000...
A patient is seen in the emergency department for chest pain and a 14 cm facial laceration. The patient’s facial laceration is treated with a layered closure (12055) and the patient is given an I...
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How should intra-arterial and chemotherapeutic and non-chemotherapeutic intravenous pushes that last only 15 minutes be coded?
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In CY 2005, hospitals were instructed to bill CPT codes 90781, 96412, and 96423 in 8 unit increments for additional hours of infusion on a separate line on the bill. Should we continue to do this i...
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Are hospitals allowed to bill more than one “initial hour” drug administration infusion code under OPPS for CY 2006?
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HCPCS code C8952 (Therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic injection; intravenous push) is included in Transmittal 785 as being billable for each different drug/ substance. How should hospitals bill...
HCPCS code C...
How should hospitals bill the administration of pain management medication for beneficiaries placed in observation after an outpatient procedure?
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In Transmittal 784, “January 2006 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Outpatient Code Editor (OPPS OCE) Specifications Version 7.0,” CMS states that Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits for ...
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