Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Expand Your Med Options With Torisel, Treanda Codes in Oncology and Hematology Coding Alert, Vol. 11, No. 4, page 27, stated, If you administer hydration of at least 31 minutes as a secondary or subsequent service in association with 96413 through the same IV access, you should also report +96361. & Then append modifier 25 & to indicate the hydration was a separate or sequential service.

To clarify, as indicated elsewhere in the article, you should append modifier 25 only to an E/M code and only when documentation supports reporting a separate E/M service.