You Be the Coder:
Can You Report 2 Units of Infusion Code?
Published on Tue Dec 15, 2020
Question: Progress notes indicate that my ED provider performed an intravenous (IV) infusion for therapy. The infusion lasted an hour and 46 minutes and involved a single substance. I reported 96365 x 2 on the facility claim, but the payer denied the claim. What went wrong? Michigan Subscriber Answer: You should have used a different code to represent the second [...]