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Facility Coding:

Wash Away Your Infusion, Injection and Hydration Service Confusion

Published on Mon Jun 18, 2012

Base your code selection on hierarchy and length of these hydration injection and infusion services. When coding on the facility side you'll need to be able to pinpoint the type of solution being provided to the patient (hydration, infusion and injection), the duration of the service, and how to properly sequence the codes. The administration of Hydration, Injection and Infusion services represent significant ED facility procedures and an important component of accurate ED Facility charge capture. Soak Up These Hydration Coding Tips Hydration services include prepackaged fluids and electrolytes such as NS, D5NS and LR to name a few says Sarah Todt, RN, CPC, CPMA, CEDC, Director, Quality & Education for LogixHealth in Bedford, MA. Infusion refresher: An infusion is an intravenous medication in a volume of fluid that is infused over a period of time greater than 15 minutes. You would document an infusion as an IVPB (intravenous piggy [...]
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