Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert
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Stop Wasting Time Searching for Chemo Codes
Published on Thu May 11, 2006
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We-ve rounded up the most common chemotherapy drugs for brain tumors along with their codes and brand names and put them all in one place for you.
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Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert
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Stop Wasting Time Searching for Chemo Codes
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We-ve rounded up the most common chemotherapy drugs [...] - You Be the Coder:
Ponder Proper Piggyback Codes
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Pick 96445 for Intra-Peritoneal Chemo
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Keep Up With Concurrent Infusion Rules
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Don't Assume Supervision Level 09
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Pay Attention to Port film Descriptor
Question: I-ve always billed 77417 per the number of films taken (2, 3, 4) but [...]
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