Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert
Can You Beat the Clock and Ace This Infusion Quiz?
Here’s how to tell the difference between an infusion and a push. Chemotherapy infusion coding — it’s as simple as knowing a handful of CPT® instructions and being able to read a clock, right? Well, not really. It’s a little more involved than that, which is why we prepared these three tricky scenarios to help you increase your understanding and become an infusion coding expert. Question 1: What is the correct way to document a chemotherapy infusion that lasted 15 minutes longer than the 90-minute service ordered by the oncologist? Question 2: A patient presents for chemotherapy, and the oncologist performs an antibiotic infusion lasting 14 minutes and a chemotherapy infusion lasting 115 minutes. What is the correct way to document this? Question 3: A nurse begins an intravenous infusion of paclitaxel (Taxol®), but after 10 minutes, the nurse notices that the pump is leaking and discontinues the procedure. What is the correct way to document this? Think you know the answers? Click here and find out!
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